Instructional Strategies for Teaching Content Vocabulary, Grades 4–12

Janis M. Harmon, Karen D. Wood, and Wanda B. Hedrick

“This text stands out from the crowd partly due to its accessible, no-frills format. The vocabulary strategies’ descriptions, suggested variations, content area examples, and blackline masters are especially convenient.”
— David W. Moore, Arizona State University

As students progress through the grades, the texts they read and study become increasingly complex. Often, these learners need help with vocabulary acquisition so they can fully grasp meaning.

This practical resource offers more than 40 strategies that teachers in all content areas can use to help students — including English learners and struggling readers — understand new words, phrases, and concepts. Far more than best means of teaching specific words, these strategies will tap students’ curiosity, engage and empower them, develop their critical thinking skills, and help them make connections.

© 2006 | 160 pp.
IRA stock no. 9198
Copublished with the National Middle School Association

Also of interest:

Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension

The Vocabulary Book

Also from these authors:

Strategies for Integrating Reading & Writing in Middle and High School Classrooms