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Academic Vocabulary

It is essential to use content-specific vocabulary that has been identified as important to master the content area. This link will display a very useful pdf file from the Oklahoma State Department of Education web site. Not only does this pdf file contain the vocabulary but also provides guidance on how to best teach the vocabulary.

Teacher Goals

  • Using the Academic Vocabulary resources, an educator will incorporate identified subject-specific vocabulary and related instructional strategies in their instruction.

Steps

  1. Incorporate Academic Vocabulary and Instructional Strategies.

    Review the resources found at the Academic Vocabulary Bookmark.

    The bookmark provides a broad range of vocabulary-specific resources at the Oklahoma State Department of Education web site.

  2. Integrate appropriate vocabulary-specific instructional strategies.

    Review the Academic Vocabulary pdf file containing content-specific vocabulary.

    Reflect on the guidance provided on how one can improve instruction related to the vocabulary.

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