Teaching and Learning Vocabulary: Bringing Research to Practice Book

1	Teaching and learning vocabulary : perspectives and persistent issues	1
2	Why vocabulary instruction needs to be long-term and comprehensive	27
3	Vocabulary growth through independent reading and reading aloud to children	45
4	Creating opportunities to acquire new word meanings from text	69
5	Four problems with teaching word meanings (and what to do to make vocabulary an integral part of instruction)	95
6	Bringing words to life in classrooms with English-language learners	115
7	Sustained vocabulary-learning strategy instruction for English-language learners	137
8	Classroom practices for vocabulary enhancement in prekindergarten : lessons from PAVEd for success	155
9	Strategies for teaching middle-grade students to use word-part and context clues to expand reading vocabulary	179
10	Choosing words to teach	207
11	Size and sequence in vocabulary development : implications for choosing words for primary grade vocabulary instruction	223
12	In pursuit of an effective, efficient vocabulary curriculum for elementary students	243