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Whether working with students in an upper elementary, middle school or high school classroom, teachers are responsible for helping students explore the complexities of vocabulary instruction. In35 Strategies for Developing Content Area Vocabularyoffers teachers in grades 4-12 concrete directives for addressing vocabulary instruction in content area lessons. They categorize their strategy presentation in four explicit ways; preparing to learn words, building word knowledge, appying word knowledge or encouraging word learning. Teachers utilizing these strategies will become more precise in their instruction and better meet the needs of ALL their students including English Learners because student achievement is dependent on their mastery of the specialized vocabulary related to various content area disciplines and is highly correlated to their reading comprehension.

Andrea M. Guillaume is a Professor in the Department of Elementary and Bilingual Education at California State University, Fullerton. She began her active teaching journey as a public school teacher and continues that journey by working with preservice and practicing teachers at the university and in local schools. She writes numerous articles and books for teachers, exploring her professional interests in pedagogy, content area instruction, and teacher development.

Introduction

Strategies

1. Concept of Definition Word Map

2. Possible Sentences

3. Frayer Model

4. Semantic Feature Analysis

5. Sketch to Stretch

6. Ten Most Important Words

7. Semantic Maps

8. Vocabulary Knowledge Ratings

9. Concept Guide

10. Vocab Cards

11. Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy (VSS)

12. Semantic Gradients

13. Word Decisions

14. Word Chains

15. Clues and Questions

16. Vocabulary Games

17. Word Trees

18. Word Walls

19.Data Retrieval Charts

20. Word Journals

21. Dictionaries

22. Home Connections

23. Morphemic Analysis

24. Analogies

25. Word Histories

26. KIM (Knowledge Information Memory) Charts

27. Context Clues

28. Keyword Method

29. Content Area Read Alouds

30. Readers Theater

31. Student-made Books

32. Poetry

33. Vocabulary Graffiti

34. Word Posters

35.I-Search a Word

References

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35 Strategies for Developing Content Area Vocabulary

35 Strategies for Developing Content Area Vocabulary

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