The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists

651 Pages·2015·7.816 MB·English

by  Jacqueline E. Kress, Edward B. Fry (eds.)

Praise for The Reading Teacher’s
Book of Lists, 6th Ed.
“Thiscomprehensive,invaluablevolumeshouldbeinthehandsofthoseinvolvedinliteracyinstruction,
thosewhoexaminethevariedcomponentsoflanguage,andthosewhorevelinthesheerjoyoflanguage.”
—BonnieJohnson,Ph.D.,Co-Editor,TheReadingProfessor,
anInternationalLiteracyAssociationSIGjournal
“The Reading Teacher’s Book of Lists is a treasure box for reading professionals with some shiny new
baubles.Thesixtheditionaddsresourcesfromtechnology,academicvocabulary,andtheCommonCore
StateStandardstoanupdatedcompendiumofessentiallists,makingita‘musthave’forliteracyeducators
atalllevels.”
—CamilleBlachowicz,Ph.D.,Co-director,TheReadingLeadershipInstitute,
National-LouisUniversity
“Teachers and parents must rush to get a copy of this fabulous resource, which will fuel every student’s
loveoflanguageandensuresuccessinreadingandlearning.”
—DianeLapp,Ed.D.,DistinguishedProfessorofEducation,
SanDiegoStateUniversity

The Reading Teacher’s
Book of Lists
Sixth Edition
Jacqueline E. Kress, EdD
Edward B. Fry, PhD
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CONTENTS
CommonCoreStateStandards xi
TheAuthors xv
PrefacetotheSixthEdition xvii
SECTION1: FOUNDATIONS 1
List 1 Typical Literacy Development .................................... 4
List 2 Speech Sound Development..................................... 8
List 3 Sound-Awareness Books ........................................ 9
List 4 Rhyming Books................................................ 11
List 5 Predictable Books ............................................. 14
List 6 Books without Words........................................... 16
List 7 Print Concepts ................................................ 19
List 8 Phonics Awareness ............................................ 20
List 9 Rhyming Words................................................ 21
List 10 Minimal Pairs ................................................. 23
List 11 Word Segmentation ............................................ 30
List 12 Active Response Activities....................................... 33
List 13 Handwriting Charts............................................. 36
List 14 Reading and Language Tips for Parents of Young Children ........... 38
List 15 Language Arts Glossary for Parents and Others .................... 41
SECTION2: PHONICS 51
List 16 Suggested Phonics Teaching Order ............................... 53
List 17 Consonant Sounds and Spellings................................. 55
List 18 Vowel Sounds and Spellings ..................................... 57
List 19 Double Vowels................................................. 58
List 20 The FinalE Rule ............................................... 59
List 21 Sound Determined by Letter Position ............................. 60
List 22 Phonics Example Words ........................................ 61
List 23 The Most Common Phonograms ................................. 78
List 24 Phonograms .................................................. 79
List 25 Phonically Irregular Words ...................................... 88
List 26 Standalones—Words without Rhymes ............................ 89
List 27 Syllabication Rules............................................. 90
SECTION3: USEFULWORDS 93
List 28 High-Frequency Instant Words ................................... 95
List 29 Homophones.................................................. 102
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List 30 Homographs and Heteronyms ................................... 110
List 31 Easily Confused Words.......................................... 119
List 32 Collective Nouns............................................... 122
List 33 Mass or Uncountable Nouns ..................................... 124
List 34 Compound Words.............................................. 126
List 35 Nonreversible Word Pairs ....................................... 129
List 36 Similes....................................................... 130
List 37 Metaphors.................................................... 131
List 38 Collocations................................................... 132
List 39 Common Word Idioms.......................................... 133
List 40 Idiomatic Expressions .......................................... 135
SECTION4: VOCABULARYBUILDERS 139
List 41 The Twenty Most Common Prefixes ............................... 142
List 42 Prefixes of Number, Size, and Amount ............................ 143
List 43 More Prefixes ................................................. 145
List 44 The Twenty Most Common Suffixes ............................... 149
List 45 Inflectional Suffixes ............................................ 150
List 46 More Suffixes ................................................. 151
List 47 Greek and Latin Roots.......................................... 155
List 48 -Ology Word Family ............................................ 160
List 49 -Phobia and -Philia Word Families ................................ 161
List 50 Synonyms .................................................... 162
List 51 Antonyms .................................................... 165
List 52 Words with Multiple Meanings ................................... 168
List 53 Onomatopoeia ................................................ 171
List 54 Portmanteau or Blended Words.................................. 173
List 55 Clipped Words................................................. 175
List 56 Oxymorons ................................................... 176
List 57 Sesquipedalian Superstars ...................................... 177
List 58 Eponyms and Toponyms—Words Based on Names ................. 181
List 59 Neologisms or New Words ...................................... 186
List 60 Words Borrowed from Other Languages ........................... 191
List 61 French and Latin Phrases ....................................... 194
List 62 American and British English Words .............................. 196
List 63 Words and Phrases from Mythology .............................. 198
List 64 Shakespeare in Words and Phrases .............................. 203
SECTION5: CONTENTLITERACY 205
List 65 High-Utility Academic Words—Primary Grades 1 to 3 ............... 208
List 66 High-Utility Academic Words—Intermediate Grades 4 to 8........... 210
List 67 Math Vocabulary—Primary Grades 1 to 3 ......................... 213
List 68 Math Vocabulary—Elementary Grades 4 to 5 ...................... 217
List 69 Math Vocabulary—Intermediate Grades 6 to 8..................... 220
List 70 US Customary Measurement System ............................. 224
List 71 Metric System of Measurement (SI) .............................. 226
List 72 Metric and Customary Equivalents and Conversion.................. 228
List 73 Roman Numerals .............................................. 230
List 74 Reading Math Symbols ......................................... 231
List 75 Social Studies Vocabulary—Primary Grades 1 to 3 ................. 233
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List 76 Social Studies Vocabulary—Intermediate Grades 4 to 8 ............. 234
List 77 Social Studies Vocabulary—Secondary Grades 9 to 12 .............. 238
List 78 Geography Vocabulary—Primary Grades 1 to 3 .................... 240
List 79 Geography Vocabulary—Intermediate Grades 4 to 8 ................ 241
List 80 Geography Fast Facts........................................... 243
List 81 US States and Their Capitals..................................... 245
List 82 States of Mexico and Their Capitals............................... 247
List 83 Provinces of Canada and Their Capitals ........................... 248
List 84 Science Vocabulary—Primary Grades 1 to 3....................... 249
List 85 Science Vocabulary—Elementary Grades 4 to 6.................... 252
SECTION6: BOOKS 257
List 86 Book Words................................................... 260
List 87 Genres and Text Types.......................................... 262
List 88 New and Old Favorite Books to Read Aloud ........................ 265
List 89 Award-Winning Children’s Books ................................. 270
List 90 Books for Word Play............................................ 274
List 91 Children’s All-Time Favorite Books ................................ 276
List 92 Books for Reluctant Readers .................................... 278
List 93 Kids’ Magazines for Readers and Writers .......................... 281
List 94 Booklist Collections ............................................ 284
List 95 Book Interest Arousers ......................................... 287
List 96 Fifty Postreading Response Ideas ................................ 288
List 97 The Fry Readability Graph....................................... 290
List 98 Readability Score Comparisons .................................. 292
List 99 Exemplar Texts for ELA and Subject Area Literacy................... 293
SECTION7: COMPREHENSION 299
List 100 BDA Comprehension Strategies .................................. 302
List 101 Context Clues and Word Meaning ................................ 304
List 102 Syntax and Comprehension ..................................... 306
List 103 Comprehension Questions ...................................... 307
List 104 Question Starters for Discussions ................................ 309
List 105 Proverbs...................................................... 310
List 106 Graphic Organizers............................................. 316
List 107 Problem-Solving Guide.......................................... 321
List 108 Paragraph and Text Organization ................................. 322
List 109 Character Traits ............................................... 325
List 110 Tone and Mood Words.......................................... 330
List 111 Point of View.................................................. 333
List 112 Language Registers ............................................ 335
List 113 Persuasive Techniques.......................................... 338
List 114 Literary Terms................................................. 339
SECTION8: FLUENCY 343
List 115 Fluency Elements .............................................. 346
List 116 Sentence Tunes ............................................... 348
List 117 Fluency and Punctuation........................................ 349
List 118 Fluency Teaching Methods ...................................... 351
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List 119 Oral Reading Activities.......................................... 353
List 120 Optimal Oral Reading Rates ..................................... 355
List 121 Oral Reading Fluency Rubric..................................... 356
SECTION9: LANGUAGE 357
List 122 Common Features of Language .................................. 359
List 123 Parts of Speech ............................................... 361
List 124 Key Verb Concepts ............................................. 362
List 125 Common Verb Tenses .......................................... 364
List 126 Irregular Verb Patterns.......................................... 367
List 127 Basic Sentence Patterns ........................................ 370
List 128 Capitalization Guidelines........................................ 371
List 129 Contractions .................................................. 372
List 130 Punctuation Guidelines ......................................... 373
SECTION10: SPELLING 377
List 131 Spelling Demons—Elementary .................................. 380
List 132 Spelling Demons—Intermediate ................................. 381
List 133 Spelling Demons—National Spelling Bee.......................... 383
List 134 Spelling Rules for Adding Suffixes ................................ 384
List 135 Plurals ....................................................... 386
List 136 Spelling and Pronunciation...................................... 388
List 137 Common Abbreviations ......................................... 389
SECTION11: WRITING 393
List 138 Narrative and Informational Text ................................. 396
List 139 Story Starters ................................................. 397
List 140 Prompts for Expository Writing................................... 399
List 141 Descriptive Words.............................................. 402
List 142 Color Words................................................... 406
List 143 Sense Words for Descriptive Writing .............................. 407
List 144 Signal and Transition Words ..................................... 410
List 145 He Said/She Said.............................................. 415
List 146 Checklist for Narrative Writing—Primary .......................... 417
List 147 Checklist for Opinion Writing—Primary ........................... 418
List 148 Checklist for Informative or Explanatory Writing—Primary ........... 419
List 149 Checklist for Narrative Writing—Elementary ....................... 420
List 150 Checklist for Opinion/Argument Writing—Elementary............... 421
List 151 Checklist for Informative or Explanatory Writing—Elementary ........ 422
List 152 Teacher’s Corrective Feedback Code .............................. 423
List 153 Proofreading Marks ............................................ 424
List 154 Hyphenation Rules for Writing ................................... 425
List 155 Nonbiased Language Guidelines ................................. 426
List 156 Acronyms and Initializations..................................... 429
SECTION12: TEACHINGIDEAS 431
List 157 Tips for Reading Teachers....................................... 433
List 158 Games and Teaching Activities................................... 434
List 159 Language Development through Drama ........................... 438
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