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Word Study with Students Who Struggle: Reading, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction, Grades 4 - 12 (formerly titled Words Their Way™) is intended for the middle and secondary classroom teacher. This handy book emphasizes the use of word study with its hands-on, accessible approach, to help students catch up with their peers. This book will help you determine student needs, provide you with the strategies to guide each student toward success in content area comprehension, and even outline ideas for fitting those strategies into your crowded schedule. You'll have the tools you need to help your students acquire the literacy skills they need to meet the ever-increasing demands of middle and high school life.

Vocabulary and Word Study for American History: The World Before 1600 to American Imperialism (1890-1920) (formerly titled Words Their Way™) is a practical professional resource that provides middle and secondary level American history teachers with the tools you need to teach students to use academic vocabulary and language to read, write, and think like historians. It shows how to engage in history to ignite student debates over topics or issues; help students organize domain-specific vocabulary words into ways that make sense; use general academic vocabulary and language to learn about the past; and tap into the powerful roots of English to help students become independent life-long word learners.

Vocabulary Instruction: Word Study for Middle and Secondary Students (formerly titled Vocabulary Instruction: Words Their Way™ for Middle and Secondary Students) provides invaluable tools for teachers to share with your students that will enable them to learn thousands of words independently. With an emphasis on developing your students'word consciousness, this comprehensive resource addresses context-based, word-specific, and generative morphology instruction, empowering you to teach vocabulary your way. The 3rd Edition features separate chapters for each of the major discipline/subject areas, a revised ESL chapter, strategies aligned to the Common Core Standards and more.