Beck, I.L., McKeown, M.G., & Kucan, L. (2002). Bringing words to life: Robust vocabulary instruction. New York: The Guilford Press.

Biemiller, A. (1999). Language and reading success. Cambridge, MA: Brookline Books.

Hart, B., & Risley, T.R. (1995). Meaningful differences in the everyday experience of young American children. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

Lubliner, S. (with Smetana, L.). (2004). Getting into Words: Vocabulary Instruction that Strengthens Comprehension. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). (2000). Report of the National Reading Panel. Teaching children to read: An evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implications for reading instruction: Reports of the subgroups (NIH Publication No. 00-4754). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Also available on-line: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/nrp/report.pdf

Stahl, S.A. (1999). Vocabulary development. Cambridge, MA: Brookline Books.

Stahl, S.A., & Nagy, W.E. (2005). Teaching word meanings. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Resources

Fifer, N., & Flowers, N. (1995). Vocabulary from classical roots: Strategic vocabulary instruction through Greek and Latin roots. Cambridge, MA: Educators Publishing Service.

Henry, M.K. (1990). WORDS: integrated decoding and spelling instruction based on word origin and structure. Austin, TX: PRO-ED.

Henry, M.K. (2003). Unlocking Literacy: Effective Decoding and Spelling Instruction. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

Henry, M.K., & Reading, N.C. (1996). Patterns for success in reading and spelling: A multisensory approach to teaching phonics and word analysis. Austin, TX: PRO-ED.

Links

Alternative Education: Training Modules or Clusters of Competencies
This site provides 17 training modules on various topics for college instructors, staff developers, and teachers. Module 13 provides strategies for enhancing decoding, spelling, and vocabulary through morphology.

Inspiration
This site has free 30-day trials of software that enables students to create graphic organizers.

National Reading Panel Report
This site provides a downloadable copy of the National Reading Panel Report and information about ordering a copy of the report.

Reading Rockets
Ideas and information for teachers working with beginning and/or struggling readers are introduced on this site.

Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts
This site provides resources for reading and language arts teachers working with struggling readers and writers.

Vocabulary
Activities and resources for teaching vocabulary are available on this site.