Teaching Vocabulary in All Classrooms

A must-have resource for any K-12 classroom teacher, Teaching Vocabulary in All Classrooms, 5/e presents a comprehensive framework for seamlessly and effectively incorporating vocabulary into everyday classroom instruction across all content areas. Respected literacy researchers and educators Camille Blachowicz and Peter J. Fisher provide fresh and current ideas for implementing best-practice vocabulary research and classroom-tested strategies for beginning as well as experienced teachers who want to build or revitalize their curriculum. This new edition retains the most popular features of the earlier edition and now includes: new and expanded ideas for teaching academic vocabulary, new resources such as learner’s dictionaries for spelling and morphology instruction for older students, expanded coverage of vocabulary instruction for diverse students, particularly English language learners and struggling readers, and an emphasis on connections to the Common Core State Standards.

A wealth of ideas to help K-12 teachers improve students’ vocabularies across all disciplines by implementing best-practice research in their classroom.

The Fifth Edition of Teaching Vocabulary in All Classrooms, 5/e helps both pre- and in-service teachers across all grade levels and all content areas to seamlessly and effectively incorporate vocabulary development into their everyday classroom instruction. With fresh and current ideas for implementing best-practice research, this text outlines classroom-tested strategies for beginning as well as experienced teachers who want to revitalize their curriculum. Literacy experts Camille Blachowicz and Peter Fisher provide a wealth of information about new teaching suggestions and methods including independent, metacognitive strategies for learning vocabulary, teaching academic vocabulary, resources for ELL and struggling readers and the older learner, and more. It’s a must-have resource for any classroom teacher.