Blended Vocabulary for K–12 Classrooms

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Table of Contents Reproducibles are in italics.

About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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Vocabulary and Achievement in School and Beyond . . . . . . . . . . . Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vocabulary Gaps and Literacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . About This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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A Culture of Word Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Avoiding Pitfalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Developing a Literacy Leadership Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Addressing Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Collaborative Tools to Support Literacy Leadership Teams . . . . . . . . Examining Literacy Leadership Team Exemplars . . . . . . . . . . . . Recap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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A New Model for Effective Vocabulary Instruction . . . . . . . . . 17 A Review of Existing Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Blended Vocabulary Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Methods for Classifying and Selecting Vocabulary Words . . . . . .

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Understanding Tiered Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Getting Started on Word Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sorting Vocabulary Words Into Tiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Template for Vocabulary in a Unit of Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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