The Megabook of Vocabulary: Strategies to Boost Word Learning for Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening, Grades K-8, Professional Learning

This megabook offers a treasure-trove of engaging, easy-to-implement strategies to build students’ vocabulary knowledge. Each strategy includes simple directions and tools to develop receptive and expressive language through listening, reading, speaking, and writing. You’ll also find scaffolded supports, tips for differentiation, word collections (including idioms, homophones, and morphological families), along with quick tips for supporting long-term retention. Includes ready-to-go downloads and videos!

• Highlights recent research on vocabulary’s critical role in building reading proficiency.
• Offers dozens of one-page, use-tomorrow teaching strategies, organized so teachers can find what they need quickly.
• Includes tips and tools from two leading teachers in the Science of Reading community who know how to weave vocabulary learning throughout the day and support a range of learners–from striving to thriving to multilingual learners.
• Features videos of strategies in action!
• Written by literacy educators and specialists, Melissa Cheesman Smith, Savannah Campbell, and Timothy Rasinski combining years of research and practice into this guide!
• Published by a trusted source: Scholastic Teaching Solution's Professional Books are written by some of the most renowned researchers and practitioners in education today and provide actionable takeaways educators can immediately implement into their instructional practices.