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Marzano, Robert J.; Marzano, Jana S. – 1988
Intended for elementary school teachers, researchers, and materials developers, this book presents a cluster approach to vocabulary instruction, in which words are taught in semantically related groups. Over 7,000 words from elementary school textbooks have been organized into 61 instructional clusters, each containing two levels of subclusters…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Learning Processes
Worsley, Ed, Ed. – 1973
This science-oriented reading readiness text is provided in two versions: English and Navajo. It consists of large black-and-white drawings of animals and insects familiar to the southwestern U.S. One picture is provided on each page, labeled with the sentence, "This is a [name of the animal]." The two booklets are identical except for…
Descriptors: Animals, Basic Vocabulary, Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education
Worsley, Ed, Ed. – 1973
This science-oriented reading readiness text is provided in two versions: English and Navajo. It consists of large black-and-white drawings of animals, birds, and insects familiar to the Southwestern U.S. One picture is provided on each page, labeled with the following simple sentences: "This is a [name of the animal]. He lives in [name of…
Descriptors: Animals, Basic Vocabulary, Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education
Worsley, Ed, Ed. – 1973
This science-oriented reading readiness text is provided in three versions: English, Spanish and Navajo. It consists of large black-and-white drawings of birds, animals and insects familiar to the southwestern U.S. One picture is provided on each page, with the name of the animal printed in large type beneath the picture. The three booklets are…
Descriptors: Animals, Basic Vocabulary, Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education
Bunch, A. Kathleen; Matthews, Kenneth M. – 1988
This monograph is based on research designed to (1) identify the vocabulary words introduced at each grade level by the basal reader series adopted by the Georgia Board of Education; (2) determine the extent of overlap among the books is the series; (3) compare these lists with other recognized word lists; and (4) generated a list of words for the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Vocabulary, Elementary Education, Reading Comprehension
Diamond, Linda; Gutlohn, Linda – Consortium on Reading Excellence (NJ3), 2006
For all educators who are working to improve reading achievement, this handbook provides clear instructional approaches for successfully building students' vocabulary knowledge--knowledge essential for strong reading comprehension. With teacher-friendly sample lesson models, this book can be used to boost vocabulary instruction in any reading…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Achievement, Learning Strategies, Vocabulary Development