Vocabulary Instruction
Recommended Practice: Provide explicit vocabulary instruction and strategies to help students become independent vocabulary learners.
- Overview & Tools: Video overviews and professional development materials
- Learn What Works: Expert interviews about vocabulary instruction
- See How It Works: Videos and sample materials from schools
Classroom Observation: Improving Vocabulary Instruction
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This observation plan can be used to focus classroom observations and help content area teachers embed vocabulary strategies into regular classroom instruction. The observation tool offers...
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Lesson Planning: Preparing Content Area Activities
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This quick reference guide for preparing vocabulary activities provides content area teachers with a framework for thinking about and planning lessons that embed vocabulary strategies into...
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Learning Together About Schoolwide Vocabulary Instruction
Adolescent Literacy > Vocabulary Instruction > Overview & Tools
Use this tool to plan activities for an in-service for school staff to learn about implementing a schoolwide approach to vocabulary instruction. Content area teachers learn about explicit...
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