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  ·  ** In 1953 received Bachelor of Science  **  ·  ** Elementary Teacher  **  ·  ** In 1963 she received her Masters of Science  **  ·  ** In 1973 she received her Ph.D  **  ·  ** She is part of the National Academy of Education  **  ·  ** She is a professor at this University  **  ·  ** She has written many books and articles  **  ·  **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #33cccc; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> She has also won many awards  ** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> **
 * __<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #33cccc; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> Isabel Beck Profile: __**
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #33cccc; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> Received all of her degrees at the University of Pittsburg: **
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> Member, NLP Photo-Beck, Isabel



<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> **__<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> Articles __** **__<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> Harcourt Stories: __** **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-fareast-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> 2. ****<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> Lead the Way ** **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-fareast-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> 3. ****<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto">Storytown: Winning Catch ** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> **__<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> Books: __** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-fareast-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> 6. ****<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto">Different ways for different goals, but keep your eye on the higher verbal goals. ** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-fareast-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> 7. ****<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto">Improving Comprehension With Questioning the Author ** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #6d6d6d; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> Reference- http://www.campusi.com/search.pl?cat=book&op=group&group_by=id&store_id=&browse_value=&q=author%3DIsabel%2520L.%2520Beck&rq=&nq=&lang=en-us&search_country=us&shipto=us&currency=usd&limit=10&nw=y&use_ajax=1&rcount=0&sort=group_count:desc&is_frm=&start=10 **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> __
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard">http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t ****<span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> 501&va=isabel+beck&sz=all   **
 * __<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> Isabel Beck - Work: __**
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-fareast-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> 1.   ****<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; text-shadow: auto"><span style="COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard">[|Talk: Capturing the Benefits of Read-Aloud Experiences for Young Children]  ****<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> Scholastic Professional Paper by Isabel Beck  **
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-fareast-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> 4.   ****<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; text-shadow: auto"><span style="COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard">[|Making Sense of Phonics : The Hows and Whys]  **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto">
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-fareast-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> 5.   ****<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; text-shadow: auto"><span style="COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard">[|Creating Robust Vocabulary: Frequently Asked Questions and Extended Examples]  **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #cc99ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto">

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #993366; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto">**Major Study:** __ <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #993366; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; text-shadow: auto"><span style="COLOR: #993366; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard">[|Increasing Young Low-Income Children's Oral Vocabulary Repertoires through Rich and Focused Instruction] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #993366; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Times-Bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Times-Bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> Summary: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #993366; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Times-Bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto">This articles’ abstract was about improving the vocabulary of low-income children. Teachers used different sub groups. They were assessed by being shown pictures and selecting the correct word. They also provided oral descriptions of the words and they were to choose what word was accurate. The group with more vocabulary instruction demonstrated the most gains. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Times-Bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: Times-Bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> Reference: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal;jsessionid=HYtT9n1pnpMg6nG1K1pFh8v52KBDQQmCqnFtWRPGvZT6hFHnTG0l!-1345942867?_nfpb=true&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=%22Beck+Isabel+L.%22&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=au&_urlType=action&_pageLabel=ERICSearchResult <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> __<span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: purple; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> Four Research Studies __ ** Abstract: ** Examines the reading skills of children who have deficient decoding skills in the years following the first grade and traces their progress across 20 sessions of a decoding skills intervention called Word Building. Presents results in terms of the consequences of not fully engaging in alphabetic decoding during early reading experience, and the self-teaching role of alphabetic decoding for improving word identification, reading comprehension, and phonological awareness skills. (SG) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: purple; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> 2.   [|Beck] [|, Isabel L.] ; [|McKeown, Margaret G.] [|Questioning the Author: Making Sense of Social Studies.] ** Abstract: ** Describes reading-comprehension technique called "Questioning the Author," which focuses on teaching students to concentrate on building understanding of the ideas in the text. Provides examples of this reading-comprehension technique in geography and history. (PKP) 3.   [|McKeown, Margaret G.] ; [|Beck] [|, Isabel L.] [|Transforming Knowledge into Professional Development Resources: Six Teachers Implement a Model of Teaching for Understanding Tex] t.  ** Abstract: ** This article describes our attempts to transform knowledge from classroom implementations into resources, which we call Accessibles, to support teachers' implementation of Questioning the Author (QtA), an instructional approach aimed at building students' understanding of what they read. We developed 25 Accessibles, which are brief, single-issue documents available for teachers to use on their own. Each Accessible presents examples of classroom interactions and explicates how those interactions exemplify QtA issues or solutions to issues. In this article we report the results of a field test to document the effects of the Accessibles. Six teachers implemented QtA in their classrooms in reading and social studies over 7 months. Transcripts of videotaped lessons, collected before the teachers began QtA, and QtA lesson transcripts were analyzed for patterns of classroom discourse interactions in terms of the kinds of questions asked, students' responses, and teachers' rejoinders to students. Results showed that use of the Accessibles changed classroom discourse from teacher dominated and focused on retrieving information to discourse shared by students and teacher and focused on building ideas from text. Interviews that probed teachers about their attitudes toward and use of the Accessibles indicated that the majority of the time teachers found the Accessibles useful. We also present teachers' comments about the Accessibles, which provide insight into aspects of the Accessibles that they found particularly helpful. Finally, we discuss themes underlying the Accessibles in terms of their potential for other approaches to teaching for understanding. 4.   [|Beck] [|, Isabel L.] ; [|McKeown, Margaret G.] ; [|Kucan, Linda]. [|Taking Delight in Words: Using Oral Language To Build Young Children's Vocabularies]  ** Abstract: Reference: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal;jsessionid=HYtT9n1pnpMg6nG1K1pFh8v52KBDQQmCqnFtWRPGvZT6hFHnTG0l!-1345942867?_nfpb=true&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=%22Beck+Isabel+L.%22&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=au&_urlType=action&_pageLabel=ERICSearchResult Web-based links to NLP’s member website ** == __<span style="COLOR: #ff9900; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto">Projects __<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: #ff9900; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> == <span style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: #ff9900; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto">• <span style="COLOR: #ff9900; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard">[|A Collaborative Dialogue Agent for Peer Learning Interactions] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: #ff9900; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: #ff9900; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto">• <span style="COLOR: #ff9900; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard">[|Andes Physics Tutoring Project] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: #ff9900; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: #ff9900; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto">• <span style="COLOR: #ff9900; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard">[|High Performance Learning Communities] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: #ff9900; FONT-FAMILY: Chalkboard; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Chalkboard; mso-hansi-font-family: Chalkboard; text-shadow: auto"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; 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 * 1.   [|McCandliss, Bruce] ; [|Beck] [|, Isabel L.] ; [|Sandak, Rebecca] ; [|Perfetti, Charles] . [|Focusing Attention on Decoding for Children with Poor Reading Skills: Design and Preliminary Tests of the Word Building Intervention.]
 * Describes how pre-kindergarten through elementary teachers can enhance the vocabulary development of young children, focusing on teaching words from texts that are read aloud to children rather than read by children. Examines sequenced activities for teaching words to young children and activities that encourage children to interact with words, taking into account the kind of supports that young children need to make sense of those words. (SM) **
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