One Hundred and One Strategies to Make Academic Vocabulary Stick

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Veteran educator Marilee Sprenger explains how to teach the essential, high-frequency words that appear in academic contexts —and reverse the disadvantages of what she calls "word poverty." Drawing on research and experience, Sprenger provides a rich array of engaging strategies to help educators across all content areas and grade levels not only teach students a large quantity of words but also ensure that they know these words well. You'll find

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Addressing Word Poverty

Remembering Words: Reviewing the Research and Building the Mindset

Encoding: Introducing New Words

Storage: Practice Makes Permanent

About the authors

Marilee Sprenger is a veteran educator with more than 25 years of experience teaching elementary, middle, and high school. She is an author, a professional development specialist, and a popular presenter at conferences and trainings. She has provided keynote addresses internationally and specializes in social-emotional learning, executive functioning, memory, vocabulary, and the brain.

She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and is the author of several publications related to the brain and learning, including The Missing Link to Help Them Think, Teaching Techniques That Boost Memory (QuickWins! Strategy Cards), and the quick reference guide Improving Executive Function Skills.

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