<div><em>Nancy Frey and Doug Fisher have given all elementary teachers a real gift with this guide to teaching and learning subject-area vocabulary.... What they have created is an inviting and persuasive guide for elementary teachers to follow in restructuring their subject-area instruction to include meaningful attention to vocabulary.</em></div> <div style="text-align: right;"><span><strong>-Donna Ogle</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"><span>Author of <em>Reading Comprehension: Strategies for Independent Learners</em></span></div> <div>During nonfiction read-aloud, the unfamiliar word <em>manufacture</em> comes up. Your unit on the solar system includes difficult new terms. In math time, kids need to know what an <em>addend</em> is. <em>Learning Words Inside & Out</em> helps you use moments like these to make word learning a part of all your lessons and to connect students to new vocabulary.</div> <div><em>Learning Words Inside & Out</em> shows you how to embed powerful vocabulary instruction into your teaching. Throughout your teaching day, you'll give students the multiple encounters they need to know a word's meaning forever. With Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher's strategies, you'll:</div> <ul> <li><strong>Make it intentional</strong>-Select words for instruction that are worth precious classroom time </li> <li><strong>Make it transparent</strong>-Give students word-solving strategies by modeling your thinking during read-aloud </li> <li><strong>Make it useable</strong>-Provide oral and written practice through authentic peer activities </li> <li><strong>Make it personal</strong>-Help words stick through well-designed independent activities </li> <li><strong>Make it a priority</strong>-Create a schoolwide focus on word learning. </li> </ul> <div>Frey and Fisher also call out specific ways to support English learners and struggling readers. Their numerous examples of classroom language model many types of effective teacher-student interaction. Best of all, an accompanying study guide will help you get the most from Frey and Fisher's strategies-a helpful resource for individuals or teacher study groups.</div> <div>Help your students develop a passion for words and give them the subject-area vocabulary they need for success. Read <em>Learning Words Inside ;& Out </em>and connect kids with words by making word learning part of everything you do.</div>