“My Fantastic Words” by Ken Pransky icons It is a graphic thesaurus

It is a graphic thesaurus that students can use independently to visualize word relationships through visual “word clouds

including how to implement the ThemeMaker™

particularly for the purposes of argument and explanation

Academic Conversations includes a set of conversational concepts that can be modeled and practiced to help all students engage in extended meaningful conversation about narrative or informational texts (Zweirs

172-182 of The “Core” of The Core manual

“My Fantastic Words” by Ken Pransky icons It is a graphic thesaurusThis book, and the activities it supports, make vocabulary building an active, enriching experience, helping students to expand their vocabulary and word choices in a way that is fun. It is a graphic thesaurus that students can use independently to visualize word relationships through visual word clouds. Features 41 illustrations with a total of 491 words. Designed for children in grades 2 6. Click here for a review of this book. Item No. 10 300