Secondary Reading Instruction (Part 1) Teaching Vocabulary and Comprehension in the Content Areas

PD Hours: 1.5

This module describes how teachers can incorporate vocabulary and reading comprehension skills instruction into content-area lessons and overviews a variety of effective practices—including the use of graphic organizers—to help students better understand what they read (est. completion time: 1.5 hours).

Module Objectives

By completing this module, learners will:

• Understand the importance of effective vocabulary and effective comprehension instruction in content areas
• Be able to develop effective vocabulary instruction within content learning
• Know how to enhance student’s reading comprehension in content areas