All About Words Increasing Vocabulary In The Common Core Classroom, PreK-2 All About Words This book was mainly about building vocabulary. The most impactful strategy we found was the use of text sets. Text Set Sample Topic: Plants Plants Text set Titles and topic words Text Set Sample: Topic: Life Cycles Life Cycle Text Set Titles Story book: "Katie's Butterfly" by Jenny Giles "Verdi" By Janell Cannon Informational books: "See How it Grows" By Kimberlee Graves "Whatever will These Become?" By Peter Garland Vocabulary Readers: Scholastic Life Cycle Readers set including: Butterfly life cycle Sunflower life cycle Chick life cycle Frog life cycle Horse life cycle Ladybug life cycle Life Cycle: topic words Text Set Sample: Mammals Mammals Text Set Titles Story Books: "The Busy Beavers" By Beverly Randell "Wolf Watch" By Kay Winters "Knut" By Dr. Gerald R. Uhlich Informational books: "What is a Mammal?" By Lola M. Schaefer "Elephants" By Beverly Randell "Marine Mammals" By JR Hilt "Marvelous Mammals" By Lydia Carlin Mammals: Topic words Carnivore Claws Diet Herbivore Nurse Offspring Omnivore Warm-blooded Lung Female Animals kingdom Skeleton Temperature Birth Breath