Instructional Materials
Provides information, strategies, lessons, and materials for vocabulary and oral language development. Includes oral language lessons, graphic organizers (e.g., word webs, semantic maps), and Spanish-language materials.
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Instructional Materials
Vocabulary: Ways to Build Word Knowledge
Guidelines for building vocabulary.
Instructional Materials
Vocabulary Instruction: Planning & Selecting Vocabulary Words to Preteach Before Reading
Guidelines for selecting and explicitly teaching vocabulary words. Includes an instructional planning chart.
Instructional Materials
Read-Alouds (Kindergarten)
Provides guidelines for planning and implementing read-alouds. Includes a specific lesson plan and template for a read-aloud to build vocabulary and comprehension.
Lessons
Vocabulary Activities for Extended Student Practice
Instructional activities for developing students' vocabulary, concept knowledge, and oral language. Includes ways to use graphic organizers, vocabulary word walls, and word games.
Lessons
Vocabulary Lesson Plan
Calendar for planning vocabulary instruction across a four-week period. Provides example using instructional activities from "Vocabulary Activities for Extended Student Practice."