Word by Word : 101 Ways to Inspire and Engage Students by Building Vocabulary, Improving Spelling, and Enriching Reading, Writing, and Learning.

Cover -- Title -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword: Why Words Matter -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Becoming a Word Collector -- 10 Strategies for Collecting Words -- Using Picture Books about Word Collectors -- Inspecting Words -- A Is for Alphabet -- Primary Activities (Ages 4-7) -- Junior/Intermediate Activities (Ages 7+) -- Exploring Word Idioms -- Chapter 2: Becoming Word Wise -- Specialized Vocabularies -- Exploring Fun Word Facts -- Testing Vocabulary Skills -- Preparing a Vocabulary Quiz -- D Is for Dictionary -- Exploring a Print Dictionary -- Exploring an Online Dictionary -- Becoming a Dictionary Editor -- Chapter 3: Does Spelling Count? -- Sound Patterns: Vowels -- Sound Patterns: Consonants -- Syllables -- Prefixes -- Suffixes -- Root Words -- Plurals -- Compound Words -- Hyphenated Words -- To Bee or Not To Bee -- Alternative Activities to Spelling Bees -- Chapter 4: The Write Word -- Using Word Walls -- Word Sorting -- Using Word Banks -- Semantic Mapping -- Making Word Connections -- Exploring Synonyms -- Using a Thesaurus -- Using a Dictionary -- Replacing Words -- Patterns for Writing -- List Poem Activities -- Revising and Editing Our Words -- Chapter 5: Reading the Words We Need -- Sight Words -- Word-Solving -- Appreciating Words in Picture Books -- Picture Books Aloud -- Finding Word Treasures -- Exploring Picture-Book Words -- Appreciating Novel Words -- Exploring Novel Words -- Using Sentence Snippets -- Using Graphic Organizers -- Invented Worlds, Invented Words -- Inventive Authors -- Collecting Invented Words -- Becoming a Word Inventor -- Special Words for Special Subjects -- Sorting Curriculum Words -- Chapter 6: The Poetry of Words -- Collecting Poem Words -- Exploring Poem Words -- Poem of the Day -- Exploring the Free-Verse Novel -- Creating Blackout Poetry -- Using Poem Snippets.

Exploring Poetic Forms -- Some Poetic Forms -- Responding to Poetry Using the Written Word -- Poems Aloud: Choral Dramatization -- Ways to Read Poems Aloud -- Reading Aloud in Small Groups -- Chapter 7: What Does That Mean? -- Names and Meaning -- Name Aerobics -- Name Scrabble -- Every Word a Story -- From Word to Story -- Sharing Personal Narratives -- Telling/Retelling/Retelling in Role -- That Reminds Me -- From Telling to Writing -- Six-Word Memoirs -- Yesterday's Words -- Becoming a Lexicographer -- Awesome Words of the 21st Century -- Discussing 21st-Century Words -- Text Messaging Words -- Something Borrowed, Something New -- Exploring Word Origins -- Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages -- Words Can Hurt -- Inquiry into Culture-Related Vocabulary -- Chapter 8: Word Play -- Portmanteau Words -- Clipped Words -- What's the Long Word? -- What's the Clipped Word? -- Clipped Names -- Punny Words -- Exploring Puns -- Collecting Jokes and Riddles -- Word Games -- Oral Word Games -- Written Word Games -- Slang and Lingo -- Exploring Slang and Lingo -- Chapter 9: What a Wonderful Word! -- Popular Words -- Inquiry into Popular Words -- Weird and Wonderful Words -- Weird Words -- Dictionary Game -- Funny Words -- What's So Funny? -- Favorite Words -- Creating a Word Cloud -- What's Your Favorite Word? -- The Power of Words -- Chapter 10: A Month of Word Puzzles -- Twenty Primary Word Puzzles -- Twenty Junior/Intermediate Word Puzzles -- Professional Resources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.

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