Important Vocabulary

There are important words in every text that students need to know to understand what they are reading. The Important Vocabulary we choose to explicitly teach should be related to the main ideas in the text. Sometimes, words outside of the text may need to be taught in order to increase students' comprehension. Have fun with these words. Tell stories. Help students complete the graphic organizes. Act out the words. Word play is key to student engagement and understanding of new words.

Important Vocabulary Step-By-Step Process

Plan your lesson

Learning
Pathway

Planning Journal

Teach the skill

Student Activity

Interactive Lesson

Differentiate and support learning

Reading Rubrics

Assess and track growth

Goal
Tracker

Teacher Reflection

Student samples

Student Sample 1

Student Sample 2

Literacy Standards In Action

We've mapped our literacy lessons and reading, speaking, and writing skills to state standards, Common Core, and NGSS. The standards are "the what" to teach. Our lessons are "the how" to meet the expectations defined by the standards. Click on the links below to view our quick reference table that maps standards to literacy lessons.

Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.

Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

Important Vocabulary