You might try Robert Marzano's - Building Academic Vocabulary and Building Background Knowledge...I just went to a workshop using this resource and it is great!
Elisa Rankin Instructional Facilitator Flores Elementary 5th & 6th Grade Uvalde, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maggie Dillier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 6:38 PM Subject: [LIT] Vocab. lists > <<I have read "Words Their Way", "Words, Words, Words" and many other > trade books, but I can't grasp a real procedure that works. I also do > a Word of the Day everyday, but still need much more. Thanks for any > help. > Janet Smith > 8th Grade Reading/LA>> > > Janet and others, > I have just finished reading Word Savvy: Integrated Vocabulary, > Spelling, and Word Study, Grades 3-6 by Max Brand > (http://www.amazon.com/Word-Savvy-Integrated-Vocabulary-Spelling/dp/157110366X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3753045-1905649?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183073574&sr=8-1) > and really liked it for its focus on how all of those areas are > interrelated. Brand shares many, many word study lessons, and though > it's a little thin on an overview of how he uses all in succession, I > appreciate his student-centered approach. His lessons are always based > on his observations of spelling and vocab mistakes his kids are > making. I'd recommend it! Please keep the vocab ideas coming, > everyone; I am desperate to do it right this year! > > ~Maggie > > -- > Maggie Dillier > > "If you want to build a ship, don't herd people together to collect > wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to > long for the endless immensity of the sea." (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
