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Word Savvy: Integrated Vocabulary, Spelling, and Word Study

Word Savvy: Integrated Vocabulary, Spelling, and Word Study 9781571103666
Tired of assigning weekly spelling lists that your students memorize for the test only to have them misspell the words in their daily writing? Then join Max Brand in his fifth-grade classroom where word learning is integrated fully into literacy workshops. Using spelling investigations, word study notebooks, reading logs, and writers' notebooks, students learn to savor new words, puzzle over confusing pronunciations, and test new spelling strategies. Max moves beyond the concept of the word wall by using the walls in his classroom as a collective writer's notebook. Students choose and illustrate words, phrases, and sentences from books to create colorful, ever-changing displays throughout the room.Thirty-plus sample lessons in Word Savvy detail everything from teaching vocabulary in content areas to developing anchor charts for word learning throughout the year. Teachers will be able to create a reflective classroom environment where language development is at the heart of learning. Discussions, reading, and writing are opportunities for explicit instruction of word concepts, helping students become responsible for their learning as they use these concepts in revising, editing, and inferring the meaning of new words they encounter.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------ContentsForewordAcknowledgements1. Introduction: Word-Savvy Thinking2. Planning for the First Weeks of School3. First Lessons4. Rethinking Spelling5. Developing Vocabulary6. Learning Vocabulary Across the Curriculum7. Building Walls of Words 8. A Day Full of WordsAppendix--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Reviews""I was floundering with how best to go about increasing my students vocabulary, making them aware of spelling patterns and providing them with strategies for tackling unknown words. Through Max Brands book, I now have a clearer vision of how best to incorporate word study into my whole day.""Middleweb.com""In this terrific book, Max has begun with his voiceas a person and student, not as a teacher. And, one can easily hear that voiceinner by nowhas served him and his lucky students wellIf you get this book, and you should, you will see the integration of the greats, like Bear, Templeton, Invernizzi, and Johnston; Fountas and Pinnel; and Isabelle Beck shine through.""Ruth Nathan Reviews,CATENET, May 16, 2004--------------------------------------------------------------------------------About the Author Max Brand is currently a fifth-grade teacher in Dublin (Ohio) City Schools. He has held a variety of teaching positions, including Reading Recovery and Title I reading intervention, and has been district language arts coordinator in Columbus Public Schools and Hilliard City Schools. He is a trained literacy coordinator and district level literacy coordinator trainer. Max has presented at workshops and conferences in Ohio and South Eastern United States.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Related Titles TITLES WITH SIMILAR CONTENTS Spelling K8 Words, Words, Words Spelling Inquiry OTHER TITLES BY THE AUTHOR Day of Words, A (VHS) Day of Words, A (DVD) Practical Fluency Conferring with Boys --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Programs Using This Title COLLEGE ADOPTIONS University of Dayton, OH STAFF DEVELOPMENT
9781571103666
  • Title:Word Savvy: Integrated Vocabulary, Spelling, and Word Study, Grades 3-6
  • Author:Max Brand
  • Publishing House:Stenhouse
  • Publication Date:2004
  • ISBN-10:ISBN 13: 9781571103666
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