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Tag: Greek and Latin
How to Teach Academic Language Vocabulary
Teachers need to teach Tier 2 academic vocabulary explicitly, frequently, and systematically according the Common Core authors. But which words? The research-based Academic Word List has…
How to Teach Greek and Latin Word Parts Vocabulary
Earlier in my teaching career I taught SAT/ACT preparation courses on the side. No, not the math. In checking out all of the SAT prep books I…
Which High Frequency Words?
First, let's dispel a few notions about how we learn to read. It's not a which came first, the chicken or the egg? question some still…
How to Practice Reading Comprehension
We can't teach reading comprehension, but we can practice it. Johnny has high fluency scores and everyone knows he's a good reader, so one way to…
Don’t Teach Reading Comprehension
The article offers proof that, despite contrary claims, there is no clear consensus as to what is reading comprehension and how to teach it.
The Ideal Vocabulary Worksheets
If you were to create the ideal vocabulary worksheets for your 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade students, what would you include? No doubt, the…
Vocabulary Scope and Sequence
Defining a specific year-to-year instructional scope and sequence for vocabulary with colleagues provides a game plan and also defines the content for assessment. It makes sense…
Research-Based Vocabulary Worksheets
Besides widespread reading, the key to vocabulary development is deep instruction in the words themselves. Passing out the vocabulary list to memorize is not "deep instruction."…