Joanne Billingsley

Making Words REAL (eBook, ePUB)

Proven Strategies for Building Academic Vocabulary Fast

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Learn how to tap into the power of imagery, communication, and collaboration to make vocabulary building fun and meaningful! Research has proven that students with a larger, more nuanced vocabulary become more proficient readers, writers, critical thinkers, and learners, making them more likely to succeed in academic environments. In this new book from Joanne M. Billingsley, an award-winning teacher and educational consultant, you will discover how to help your K-12 students expand their academic vocabulary across the content areas.

Topics include:

• Using card sorts and video trailers to make vocabulary-building interactive;
• Expanding your teaching strategies to support ELLs and early readers;
• Building students' word knowledge through emblematic and iconic gestures;
• Writing and asking scaffolded questions to get all students engaged with academic vocabulary;
• And much, much more!

The book also features sample teacher-to-student dialogues to demonstrate how to talk about words, as well as games and activities that motivate students and help word meanings stick. No matter what subject area you teach, your students will benefit from the exciting and powerful strategies in this book.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317367932
• Artikelnr.: 44474326

Autorenporträt

Joanne M. Billingsley is an educational consultant, author, keynote speaker, and nationally-acclaimed lecturer. She is the creator of the Vocabulary Magic(TM) process for teaching academic words, http:www.vocabularymagic.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I - Strategies for Building Academic Vocabulary
Chapter 1: Vocabulary Magic: Billingsley's 6 Steps to Building Academic
Vocabulary - Using Card Sorts and Trailers
Chapter 2: Modified Vocabulary Magic: 6 Steps for Pre-Readers and ELLs
Chapter 3: More Strategies for Building Academic Vocabulary
* Vocabulary in a Bag - Tagging Words to Objects
* Picture Pages - Using Images to Support Learning
Chapter 4: Emblematic and Iconic Gestures
* Using Emblematic Gestures to Improve Communication
* Using Iconic Gestures to Build Word and Content Knowledge
Part II -Structured Opportunities for Using Academic Vocabulary
Chapter 5: Numbered Heads and Scaffolded Questions
Chapter 6: Read, Talk, Write - Using Academic Vocabulary
* Sentence Puzzlers
* Walk, Talk, Write, Post
Chapter 7: 21 Games and Extension Activities to Use with Card Sorts
Closing Thoughts
Appendix A: Vocabulary Magic Card Sort Instructions for Students
Appendix B: Vocabulary Magic Word Journal
Appendix C: Sentence Stems for Students
References