Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension

William E. Nagy

This research-based, practical book shows how to use vocabulary instruction more effectively to improve reading comprehension. Classroom teachers and reading specialists in the upper elementary grades and beyond will find it especially helpful for its many practical approaches — mainly prereading activities — that can be adapted to meet the needs of individual students.

© 1988 | 52 pp.
ISBN 10: 0-87207-151-0 | ISBN 13: 978-0-87207-151-3
Copublished with the ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills and the National Council of Teachers of English

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Also of interest:

Essential Readings on Vocabulary Instruction
Instructional Strategies for Teaching Content Vocabulary, Grades 4–12
Teaching Word Recognition, Spelling, and Vocabulary
Teaching Vocabulary
Teaching Individual Words
The Vocabulary Book

Special savings:

Buy Teaching Vocabulary as part of the discounted IRA Library: Vocabulary, a package of three books on the topic selected by Michael F. Graves

Related lesson plans:

Using Word Webs to Teach Synonyms for Commonly Used Words