Vocabulary Practices Poster
Evidence-Based Instructional Guide
Ten Key Practices for Promoting Vocabulary Learning
Core pedagogical strategies to foster academic language, deep word knowledge, and reading comprehension
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Teachers provide a language-rich classroom environment by intentionally and regularly using academic vocabulary and supporting students' use of academic vocabulary.
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Teachers identify academic vocabulary to teach and use in their daily instruction.
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Teachers introduce academic words in context by giving brief student-friendly definitions and clear examples.
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Students are given multiple opportunities to encounter and use academic vocabulary in natural contexts through listening, reading, speaking, and writing.
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Teachers help students to understand associations between words.
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Students learn a variety of word-learning strategies to independently identify the meaning of new words.
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When learning new words, students are made aware of both orthographic and phonological characteristics.
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Teachers create a classroom environment that supports word consciousness.
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Teachers regularly assess students' targeted vocabulary knowledge.
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Students engage in regular and wide reading across a variety of topics and genres.
Teaching Reading Comprehension to Students with Learning Difficulties
From Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk (2020)
