Vocabulary plays a critical role in reading and content knowledge development. Teachers should systematically instruct students through wide reading, inclusion of Tier Two words, and use of a word generation program focusing on content specific words from the Virginia Standards of Learning, especially at schools servicing students from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds.
Presenter(s): Nicole Kurz-McDowell
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This session was extremely informative and valuable. The presenter not only spoke about valuable resources, but had complete lessons already put together for the participants to download. The pace of the session was fast enough to keep us engaged, but not too fast to lose us. I was glad this was included because there are never enough sessions offered at conferences regarding vocabulary instruction.
Nicole Kurz-McDowell’s vocabulary workshop provided me with user friendly ways to implement right away tier 2 and tier 3 vocab. activities with my Title 1 students. I can’t wait to try them out next fall!