The Vocabulary Book: Learning & Instruction (Language and Literacy Series) [Paperback]

Michael F. Graves (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0807746274 | ISBN-13: 978-0807746271 | Publication Date: November 2005

This text presents a comprehensive plan for vocabulary instruction from kindergarten through high school, one broad enough to instruct students with small vocabularies, exceptional vocabularies, and every child in between. Written by one of the top experts in the field, this practical book presents a research-based program with plenty of classroom examples and strategies that teachers can use. The comprehensive plan includes four parts: rich and varied language experiences, teaching individual words, teaching word learning strategies, and fostering word consciousness.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Now that "vocabulary" is included on the Nation’s Report Card, teachers will want to know how to help students increase their word power. Graves’s advice will be invaluable in what to do — and what not to do."
- Robert Calfee, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University

"This book is an excellent resource for practitioners interested in developing a comprehensive program for building vocabulary in children. It is also of great value for researchers who wish to design and test vocabulary interventions."
- Diane August, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Applied Linguistics.

"Michael Graves provides clear, practical, empirically grounded strategies and techniques for each component that K-12 classroom teachers and reading specialists will find invaluable. This is a must-have professional resource for the desk of all literacy and subject-matter teachers."
- James F. Baumann, University of Georgia --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Michael F. Graves is Professor of Literacy Education and Guy Bond Fellow in Reading in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota.

Product Details

• Paperback: 183 pages
• Publisher: Teachers College Press (November 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807746274
• ISBN-13: 978-0807746271
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #180,862 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE VOCABULARY BOOK: A Much Needed Resource for Teachers, Researchers, and Literacy Policymakers, March 22, 2006

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This review is from: The Vocabulary Book: Learning & Instruction (Language and Literacy Series) (Paperback)

THE VOCABULARY BOOK provides readers with a fascinating and compelling case for effective vocabulary instruction in our schools based on theory, research, and best practice. In clear, engaging prose, Graves helps us to understand the thinking and research of some of the best minds in vocabulary research ranging from Terman, Thorndike, and Dale to Clifford, Carnine, Beck, McKeown, Anderson, Nagy, Hart and Risley; Carlo, August, and Snow; and his own research conducted over the past 30 years. Graves covers such topics as A Four-Part Vocabulary Program, Words and Word Learning, Providing Rich and Varied Language Experiences, Teaching Individual Words, Teaching Word-Learning Strategies, Promoting Word Consciousness, and, finally, Classroom Portraits of Effective Vocabulary Instruction. His astute understanding of effective instruction for all students in concert with his insightful unpacking of the best thinking and research in vocabulary make this book the best resource available for anyone who needs to better understand the critical importance of students' word knowledge in the acquisition of literacy in our schools and our diverse culture.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Vocabulary Book, February 27, 2006

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Jill Abbott (Pell City, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Vocabulary Book: Learning & Instruction (Language and Literacy Series) (Paperback)

This book pairs well with Isabel Beck's book,Bringing Words to Life. Graves covers many of the same topics in vocab.in a very similar fashion, even with some of the same terminology. This is a good additional resource for teachers and reading coaches to use as an aid in helping students.

3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An effective reference for all teachers, kindergarten through high-school, April 5, 2006

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This review is from: The Vocabulary Book: Learning & Instruction (Language and Literacy Series) (Paperback)

Expertly authored by Michael F. Graves (Professor of Literacy Education and Guy Bond Fellow in Reading in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota), The Vocabulary Book: Learning And Instruction is an excellent instructional reference guide for classroom teachers wanting to provide their students with a more a expansive and proper understanding of English linguistics and proper manipulation of their given vocabulary. Introducing the reader to relative advice and comprehensive examples for the students' education, The Vocabulary Book acts as an effective reference for all teachers, kindergarten through high-school. The Vocabulary Book presents the reader with an invaluable and highly recommended introduction effectively guiding their students through common problems and conundrums of the English language.