Human Services and Counseling
The School of Education
Word Recognition and Vocabulary:
Understanding Strategies for Literacy Success
Publisher: Christopher-Gordon Publishers
Norwood, MA
2003, 233 pages
Word Recognition and Vocabulary: Understanding Strategies
for Literacy Success is a classroom handbook for K-8 classroom
teachers. It stands alone in the various rationales offered on word
learning concepts, and the indepth methodology and researchbased
strategies used to support these concepts—making this exciting new
book an invaluable tool to add to a professional classroom
collection. The author offers detailed strategy implementation
steps along with a wealth of helpful resources including student
work, chapter questions, chapter vocabulary activities, case
studies and a bibliography.
“[The book’s] greatest strengths are Sinatra’s background
knowledge and research; references to his experience in the
classroom; examples of activities; and his ability to take a
complex topic and step the reader through the maze of
information.”
—Nancy Bates, Head of Beginning School, CT
“[Sinatra] provides a calm voice within the storm that rages
around reading instruction. He makes a strong case for word reading
and word understanding and how they contribute to literacy success
. . .”
— Linda Lee, Classroom Teacher, Spokane, Washington