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Building Vocabulary in the Primary Years

The Teachers' Domain: Building Vocabulary in the Primary Years Special Collection is a production of WGBH Educational Productions and WGBH Interactive.

The Building Vocabulary in the Primary Years Special Collection was produced by the WGBH Educational Foundation in partnership with Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast and the SERVE Center at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

These materials were developed under Contract ED-06-CO-0028 by Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast administered by SERVE Center at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The content of the publication does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Institute of Education Sciences or the U.S. Department of Education nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Production Credits

For WGBH

Amy Tonkonogy, Executive Producer

John Browne, Producer

Marisa Nopakun, Production Manager

Rick Pinchera, Senior Designer

Daniel Hart, Developer

Mitch Smith, Developer

Lori Rogers-Stokes, Content Developer

Maria Constantinides, Business Manager

Polly Searles, Unit Manager

For Teachers' Domain

Denise Blumenthal, Director, WGBH Educational Productions

Anna Brooks, Editorial Project Manager, Teachers' Domain

Christine Dietlin, Senior Producer, Teachers' Domain

Howard Lurie, Associate Director, WGBH Educational Productions

Peter Pinch, Director, WGBH Interactive

Lisa Rosenthal, Designer, Teachers' Domain

Ted Sicker, Executive Producer, Teachers' Domain

For Regional Educational Laboratory

Pamela B. Finney, Ed.D., Research Management Leader

Glyn Brown, Ph.D., Project Director

Lynn Amwake, Program Specialist

Lucy Wynn, M.A., Program Specialist

David Schaefer, M.A., J.D., Technical Editor

Beth E. Thrift, Education Technology Specialist

Garrett Bridges, Media Relations Assistant

Alexa Edwards, Ph.D., Research and Evaluation Specialist

Fain Barker, M.S., Assistant Research and Evaluation Specialist

Video Closed Captioning

Media Access Group

Special Thanks

Pope Elementary, Pope, Mississippi

Dr. Keith Shaffer District Superintendent, Pope Elementary

Susan Vance, Principal, Pope Elementary

Cathy Garner, Teacher, Pope Elementary

Booker T. Washington Elementary, Clarksdale, Mississippi

Dr. Dennis J. Dupree, Sr., District Superintendent, Booker T. Washington Elementary

Jean Light, Principal, Booker T. Washington Elementary

Emma Orsby-Jackson, Booker T. Washington Elementary

Charleston Elementary, Charleston, Mississippi

William H. Tribble, District Superintendent, Charleston Elementary

Glinda Hardy, Principal, Charleston Elementary

Amy Donaldson, Teacher, Charleston Elementary