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.

Sprenger is the author of 18 books on the brain and learning. As a member of the American Academy of Neurology, Sprenger stays abreast of the latest brain research and its applications. Her research-based, hands-on approach to professional development leaves educators with dozens of strategies to implement immediately in the classroom.