Word by Word offers key strategies for making words the core of classroom instruction and engagement, for expanding students' interest in and facility with words, for enriching students' word power - day by day, word by word. This practical resource is designed to help students discover why words matter as they: Build vocabulary; Gain confidence to spell new and difficult words; Expand their word choices when writing; Develop word recognition and process unfamiliar words when reading; Increase language options when listening and speaking; Gain understanding of words found in content subjects; Inquire about word meanings and derivations; Play with words; Celebrate words.--$cProvided by publisher.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2019.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 372.44
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781551383385 9781551389387
- LCCN
- LB1574.5
- LCCN Item number
- S92 2019eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (167 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00239559 (OCoLC)1099531046 (CaOOCEL)456118
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- 101 ways to inspire and engage students by building vocabulary, improving spelling, and enriching reading, writing, and learning One hundred and one ways to inspire and engage students by building vocabulary, improving spelling, and enriching reading, writing, and learning One hundred one ways to inspire and engage students by building vocabulary, improving spelling, and enriching reading, writing, and learning
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title 2
- Dedication 3
- Copyright 3
- Contents 4
- Foreword: Why Words Matter 7
- Introduction 9
- Acknowledgments 11
- Chapter 1: Becoming a Word Collector 12
- 10 Strategies for Collecting Words 13
- Using Picture Books about Word Collectors 13
- Inspecting Words 15
- A Is for Alphabet 17
- Primary Activities (Ages 4–7) 17
- Junior/Intermediate Activities (Ages 7+) 18
- Exploring Word Idioms 21
- Chapter 2: Becoming Word Wise 24
- Specialized Vocabularies 25
- Exploring Fun Word Facts 28
- Testing Vocabulary Skills 30
- Preparing a Vocabulary Quiz 30
- D Is for Dictionary 30
- Exploring a Print Dictionary 30
- Exploring an Online Dictionary 31
- Becoming a Dictionary Editor 32
- Chapter 3: Does Spelling Count? 35
- Sound Patterns: Vowels 37
- Sound Patterns: Consonants 37
- Syllables 38
- Prefixes 39
- Suffixes 41
- Root Words 42
- Plurals 44
- Compound Words 45
- Hyphenated Words 45
- To Bee or Not To Bee 49
- Alternative Activities to Spelling Bees 50
- Chapter 4: The Write Word 52
- Using Word Walls 53
- Word Sorting 54
- Using Word Banks 55
- Semantic Mapping 55
- Making Word Connections 57
- Exploring Synonyms 57
- Using a Thesaurus 58
- Using a Dictionary 58
- Replacing Words 59
- Patterns for Writing 59
- List Poem Activities 60
- Revising and Editing Our Words 63
- Chapter 5: Reading the Words We Need 66
- Sight Words 68
- Word-Solving 68
- Appreciating Words in Picture Books 70
- Picture Books Aloud 71
- Finding Word Treasures 72
- Exploring Picture-Book Words 73
- Appreciating Novel Words 74
- Exploring Novel Words 76
- Using Sentence Snippets 77
- Using Graphic Organizers 81
- Invented Worlds, Invented Words 82
- Inventive Authors 82
- Collecting Invented Words 84
- Becoming a Word Inventor 84
- Special Words for Special Subjects 85
- Sorting Curriculum Words 86
- Chapter 6: The Poetry of Words 92
- Collecting Poem Words 94
- Exploring Poem Words 95
- Poem of the Day 95
- Exploring the Free-Verse Novel 96
- Creating Blackout Poetry 97
- Using Poem Snippets 99
- Exploring Poetic Forms 100
- Some Poetic Forms 100
- Responding to Poetry Using the Written Word 102
- Poems Aloud: Choral Dramatization 105
- Ways to Read Poems Aloud 106
- Reading Aloud in Small Groups 108
- Chapter 7: What Does That Mean? 109
- Names and Meaning 110
- Name Aerobics 113
- Name Scrabble 113
- Every Word a Story 113
- From Word to Story 114
- Sharing Personal Narratives 114
- Telling/Retelling/Retelling in Role 114
- That Reminds Me 114
- From Telling to Writing 115
- Six-Word Memoirs 115
- Yesterday’s Words 115
- Becoming a Lexicographer 116
- Awesome Words of the 21st Century 116
- Discussing 21st-Century Words 117
- Text Messaging Words 118
- Something Borrowed, Something New 118
- Exploring Word Origins 119
- Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages 119
- Words Can Hurt 121
- Inquiry into Culture-Related Vocabulary 122
- Chapter 8: Word Play 128
- Portmanteau Words 131
- Clipped Words 132
- What’s the Long Word? 132
- What’s the Clipped Word? 132
- Clipped Names 132
- Punny Words 132
- Exploring Puns 133
- Collecting Jokes and Riddles 133
- Word Games 134
- Oral Word Games 135
- Written Word Games 138
- Slang and Lingo 139
- Exploring Slang and Lingo 140
- Chapter 9: What a Wonderful Word! 142
- Popular Words 143
- Inquiry into Popular Words 143
- Weird and Wonderful Words 144
- Weird Words 144
- Dictionary Game 145
- Funny Words 145
- What’s So Funny? 146
- Favorite Words 146
- Creating a Word Cloud 147
- What’s Your Favorite Word? 148
- The Power of Words 150
- Chapter 10: A Month of Word Puzzles 153
- Twenty Primary Word Puzzles 154
- Twenty Junior/Intermediate Word Puzzles 158
- Professional Resources 163
- Index 165
- A 165
- B 165
- C 165
- D 165
- E 165
- F 165
- G 166
- H 166
- I 166
- J 166
- L 166
- M 166
- N 166
- O 166
- P 166
- Q 167
- R 167
- S 167
- T 168
- V 168
- W 168
