[LIT] Vocab. lists

[kimberlee hannan]

Hello,
I am in the process of reading Nancy Akhaven's new book:  Accelerated
Vocabulary Instruction: Strategies for Closing the Achievement Gap for All
Students<http://www.amazon.com/Accelerated-Vocabulary-Instruction-Strategies-Achievement/dp/0439930375/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-3262170-9225401?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182947933&sr=8-1>.
So far, I am very impressed.  I can't wait to try it.  It's set up around
mini lessons and something she calls the "FABULOUS 15"  15 minutes of
vocabulary teaching.

She wrote another one that I love as well.  How to Align Literacy
Instruction, Assessment, and Standards: And Achieve Results You Never
Dreamed Possible<http://www.amazon.com/Align-Literacy-Instruction-Assessment-Standards/dp/0325006628/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/103-3262170-9225401?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182947933&sr=8-2>about
how to set up your workshop classroom to include both the standards
that you have to teach and the skills you need to teach.  I saw her at the
CATE meeting last year.  She worked a school down the street from me at the
time.  SHe knows her stuff.  Luckily, our district just hired her for an
administrive position downtown, but I don't exactly know for what.   I hope
she will be able to touch the classroom directly.



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Kim
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Kimberlee Hannan
Department Chair
Sequoia Middle School
4050 E. Hamilton
Fresno, California 93702


Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, let go of what you can't
change, kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly, take chances, give
everything, have no regrets.. Life's too short to be anything but happy.

kxhanna at fresno.k12.ca.us