Making Word Learning Fun for All Students

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Oct 18, 201009:38Education

This introductory chapter from Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey's latest book on student vocabulary instruction and development, Learning Words Inside and Out: Grades 1-6, defines a framework for improving vocabulary instru...

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