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

Also of interest:

Instructional Strategies for Teaching Content Vocabulary, Grades 4–12

Teaching Word Recognition, Spelling, and Vocabulary

Teaching Vocabulary

The Vocabulary Book

IRA Literacy Study Groups Vocabulary Module

Related ReadWriteThink.org lesson plans:

“Using Word Webs to Teach Synonyms for Commonly Used Words”