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Foreword
James F. Baumann
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1. Introduction
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The Importance of Vocabulary
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The Vocabularies of Linguistically Less Advantaged Children
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A Comprehensive Four-Part Vocabulary Program
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The Focus of This Book
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2. Crucial Facts About Words and Word Learning
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How Many Vocabularies Do We Have?
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What Is a Word?
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What Does It Mean To “Know” a Word?
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How Many Words Are There?
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How Many Words Do Students Learn?
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How Do Word-Learning Tasks Differ?
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Summing Up
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3. Common Considerations for Vocabulary Instruction
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The Frequency Distribution of English Words
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Selecting Vocabulary to Teach
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Principles of Effective Vocabulary Instruction
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The Importance of Student-Friendly Definitions
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Special Consideration for English Learners
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Summing Up
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4. Building Students' Oral Vocabularies
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Approaches for All Students
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An Approach for Students with Small Vocabularies
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Summing Up
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5. Rich and Powerful Instruction
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Semantic Mapping
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Semantic Feature Analysis
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Four Squares
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Venn Diagrams
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Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy
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Possible Sentences
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Focused Discussion
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Vocabulary Visits
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Robust Instruction
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Knowledge as Design
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Frayer Method
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Expressive Vocabulary Instruction
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Summing Up
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6. Introductory Instruction
FREE!
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Teaching Students to Read Known Words
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Providing Glossaries
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Context-Dictionary-Discussion
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Definition Plus Rich Context
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Definition, Rich Context, and a Picture
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Context-Relationship
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Teaching New Meanings for Known Words
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Summing Up
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7. Repetition, Assessment, and Differences Across Grade Levels
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The Importance of Repetition
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Assessing Word Knowledge
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Differences Across Grade Levels
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Final Comments
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References and Children's Literature
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Index
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About the Author
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