Tune in to interesting words

This three-part video shows how Gail and Rachel move a very strong fifth-grade reader to expand his vocabulary.

Though groups vary from year to year, we've found these four strategies carry a lot of valuable weight, so we not only begin with them, we continue to reinforce them throughout the year.

In this video, Joan and Carrie, a K-2 teacher, meet with a small group of students. Together they learn and practice the strategy of paying attention to words that are interesting or unique and then using prior knowledge and context to figure out the meaning of the word.

This video contains much more than just teaching a child how to use a word collector to work with his Vocabulary goal.

Using multiple strategies at once is what most good readers do. In this video, you will see how Janet introduces and models the use of multiple strategies.