TY - BOOK AU - Sprenger,Marilee TI - Teaching the critical vocabulary of the common core: 55 words that make or break student understanding SN - 9781416615712 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - LB 1574.5 S768t 2013 U1 - 372.44 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Alexandria, Virginia PB - ASCD KW - Vocabulary KW - Study and teaching KW - United States KW - Vocabulario KW - Estudio y enseñanza KW - Estados Unidos KW - Education KW - Standards KW - Educación KW - Estándares N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-216) and index; What does the research say about vocabulary?-- Processing and storing vocabulary-- The critical words: the verbs-- The critical words: the nouns-- The last words-- Choose your words wisely-- Making them stick N2 - Students from kindergarten to 12th grade can learn to compare and contrast, to describe and explain, if they are taught these words explicitly. Sprenger has curated a list of the critical words students must know to be successful with the common Core State Standards and any other standardized assessment they encounter. Learning the critical vocabulary will help students with testing and college and career readiness, and will equip them with confidence in reading, writing, and speaking ER -