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A Comprehensive Framework for Elementary Instruction Ensuring students have a working knowledge of basic and advanced vocabulary should be a focal point for vocabulary impossible for teachers to teach all new terms students will encounter. Therefore, Teaching Basic, Advanced, and Academic Vocabulary: A Comprehensive Framework for Elementary Instruction presents a simple and straightforward
—Steven Miller, District Curriculum Specialist, Huntsville City
solution. By organizing terms into semantic clusters and
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subject areas, author Robert J. Marzano creates a powerful strong foundation for literacy development and academic achievement. Based on a very robust analysis of highfrequency words, Marzano identifies 2,845 basic (tier one) terms and 5,160 advanced (tier two) terms and organizes them into 444 semantic clusters. He then identifies 2,141 academic (tier three) terms and 14 topics. With this book, K–5 teachers will obtain tools and strategies to ensure
“The book is arranged so that it can be used easily as a planning resource with the lesson instruction and clusters readily available. The routines are simple enough that students could work independently with purpose. I love that the students have the opportunity to reflect on their learning and collaborate with others to strengthen their knowledge. . . . This is how vocabulary should be taught.” —Diane Marx, Third-Grade Teacher,
students master basic and advanced vocabulary terms
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before middle school.
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Readers will: • Understand the importance of teaching and reinforcing basic and advanced vocabulary terms as a schoolwide effort and how it helps students gradually learn the unique features of terms • Obtain a reproducible diagnostic assessment tool to • Gain strategies for teaching students who require individualized assistance, such as students of poverty and English learners
Vocabulary: Tracking My Progress, a notebook students can use to track their learning. Additionally, the Building Basic Vocabulary online tool (www.marzanoresources.com /resources/building-basic-vocabulary) contains downloadable folios and videos for the 420 word clusters to help students learn each term. Visit MarzanoResources.com/reproducibles to download the free reproducibles in this book.
• Access an appendix of 444 semantic clusters, listing over 8,000 basic and advanced vocabulary terms,
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identify where students fall on the cluster continuum
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“Teaching Basic, Advanced, and Academic Vocabulary knocks it out of the park! It contains research that will completely change the way you approach vocabulary instruction, differentiated strategies and games that support all learners, and absolutely incredible, userfriendly digital resources for fun and effective vocabulary lessons!”
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