Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The United States is at a pivotal crossroads in determining the educational experiences of children ages 3 through 8. To help educators set goals and design effective policies, early childhood experts Clifford and Crawford provide a concise history of early education and care in the United States and invite readers to consider early schooling in a global perspective. Distinguished scholars from five countries that value early education as an integral part of life-long educationFrance, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, and Swedenexamine the evolution of early childhood practices in their countries, providing invaluable insight and guidance as we move toward fully serving children and families in our schools.
Synopsis
Helping students master a broad range of individual words is a vital part of effective vocabulary instruction. Building on his bestselling resource The Vocabulary Book, Michael Graves's new book describes a practical program for teaching individual words in the K-8 classroom. Designed to foster effective, efficient, and engaging differentiated instruction, Teaching Individual Words combines the latest research with vivid illustrations from real classrooms. Get ready to bridge the vocabulary gap with this user-friendly teaching tool
Book Features include:
- A set of tactics proven successful for teaching individual words, including how to select words.
- Detailed lesson examples for introductory instruction, for reviewing words, and for assessing word knowledge.
- Strategies that will work across grade levels to meet the needs of struggling readers, average readers, gifted readers, and English language learners.