Learning Words Inside and Out : Vocabulary Instruction That Boosts Achievement in All Subject Areas

During nonfiction read-aloud, the unfamiliar word manufacture comes up. Your unit on the solar system includes difficult new terms. In math time, kids need to know what an addend is. Learning Words Inside and Out helps you use moments like these to make word learning a part of all your lessons and to connect students to new vocabulary.

Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher are coauthors of the Heinemann title Word Wise Content Rich: Five Essential Steps to Teaching Academic Vocabulary, Grades 7-12 (2008). They are classroom teachers and faculty members at San Diego State University. Their work focuses on ensuring that students develop literacy across subject areas. Nancy and Doug have collaborated on several prior books, including: Better Learning Through Structured Teaching (2008), Checking for Understanding (2007), and Language Arts Workshop (2005).