Do you think teachers should teach vocabulary and reading comprehension skills within their content areas? (Opinion Question: No Resources)

What are the responsibilities of middle- and high school teachers for teaching vocabulary and comprehension skills within their content areas?

• 1: Literacy in Content-Area Instruction

What should content-area teachers know about vocabulary instruction?

• 2: Components of Effective Vocabulary Instruction
• 3: Selecting Essential Words
• 4: Explicitly Defining and Contextualizing Terms
• 5: Helping Students Actively Process Vocabulary
• 6: Providing Multiple Exposures to Vocabulary
• 7: Building Vocabulary and Conceptual Knowledge Using the Frayer Model

What should content-area teachers know about comprehension instruction?

• 8: Components of Effective Comprehension Instruction
• 9: Activating Prior Knowledge
• 10: Monitoring Comprehension
• 11: Using Graphic Organizers
• 12: Answering Questions
• 13: Generating Questions

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• 14: References, Additional Resources, and Credits