Semantics: Teaching Content Area Vocabulary
It is never too early to support students in their acquisition of content area words. All teachers must pre-read texts and anticipate which words may pose challenges. Consider what you now know from the previous discussion about examining a word semantically. Some will argue that there are different “tiers” of words with certain subsets being more important than others because those words can transfer across the curriculum. Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction discusses this multi-tiered system of vocabulary instruction and is a helpful resource to have. A link and description is provided on the Links page.
It is never too early to support students in their acquisition of content area words. All teachers must pre-read texts and anticipate which words may pose challenges. Consider what you now know from the previous discussion about examining a word semantically. Some will argue that there are different “tiers” of words with certain subsets being more important than others because those words can transfer across the curriculum. Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction discusses this multi-tiered system of vocabulary instruction and is a helpful resource to have. A link and description is provided on the Links page.