Word Nerds: Teaching All Students to Learn and Love Vocabulary

Word Nerds: Teaching All Students to Learn and Love Vocabulary
ISBN-10
100384166X
ISBN-13
9781003841661
Category
Education
Pages
178
Language
English
Published
2023-10-10
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Authors
Margot Holmes Smith, Leslie Montgomery, Brenda L. Overturf

Description

Word mastery comes from intimate knowledge of language. In Word Nerds : Teaching All Students to Learn and Love Vocabulary, authors Leslie Montgomery and Margot Holmes Smith take you inside classrooms where they implement creative, flexible vocabulary instruction that improves their students' word knowledge and confidence. With support from literacy specialist Brenda Overturf, the authors developed a five-part plan to teach all students to learn vocabulary: Introducing new words in contextAdding related synonyms and antonymsEngaging in several days of active learningCelebrating new wordsAssessing vocabulary developmentThis easy-to-read reference explains how to plan, teach, and assess based on the latest research in vocabulary instruction and learning. After incorporating the authors' plan, you can be a Word Nerd too!

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