Sentences with phrase «area vocabulary and comprehension»

While many assessments exist for content - area vocabulary and comprehension, content - area word identification is often overlooked.

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Areas of emphasis include grammar, vocabulary instruction, reading comprehension, extended reading, extended writing, and spelling instruction.

In this webinar, Dr. Sharon Vaughn, executive director of the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at The University of Texas at Austin, will discuss strategies for teaching students vocabulary and comprehension within content area texts, and how iLit provides an effective way of implementing these strategies.

Randomized field trials were used to examine the impact of the Teacher Study Group (TSG), a professional development model, on first grade teachers» reading comprehension and vocabulary instruction, their knowledge of these areas, and on the comprehension and vocabulary achievement of their students.

How can secondary content area teachers successfully apply vocabulary and comprehension skills to their core material?

Included in this book are 10 easy - to - use, research - and standards - based literacy centers that each align with essential second grade skills and that focus on the five areas of reading: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension.

Included in this book are 10 easy - to - use, research - and standards - based literacy centers that each align with essential kindergarten skills and that focus on the five areas of reading: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension.

She was associate director of the National Research and Development Center on English Language Learners (2005 — 2009) that examined the effect of instructional practices that enhance vocabulary and comprehension for middle school English language learners in content areas.

Included in this book are 10 easy - to - use, research - and standards - based literacy centers that each align with essential third grade skills and that focus on the five areas of reading: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension.

Overall, the learning gains of students who used Achieve3000 were statistically significant and substantively important for all areas assessed: the GMRT - 4 Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, and Total Reading tests, as well as the LevelSet Lexile reading assessment.

aReading is a broad measure of a student's overall reading skills and includes items covering all five of the areas documented in the National Reading Panel report (2000): (a) phonemic awareness, (b) phonics, (c) fluency, (d) vocabulary, and (e) comprehension.

Similar to The Key Comprehension Routine, this program embeds vocabulary instruction in all content areas, with a focus on teaching academic vocabulary that is found in existing subject - area reading and instruction material.

Also, every episode addresses the five key areas of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and text comprehension.

The National Reading Panel Report (2000) summarized decades of research about reading instruction and identified five core skill areas that all effective reading instruction must include: phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle (phonics), fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Along the way, vocabulary and comprehension skills are modeled and practiced until students are able to tackle these areas independently.

In these scaffolded activities, found in the My Lessons area, students build new vocabulary, reinforce phonics, and test their comprehension and fluency using authentic texts.

With chapters on oral language, vocabulary, phonological awareness, word recognition, comprehension, and writing skills, this comprehensive book explains each skill and provides research - based strategies for targeting each area.

The following are common characteristics of gifted children, although not all will necessarily apply to every gifted child: • Has an extensive and detailed memory, particularly in a specific area of interest • Has advanced vocabulary for his or her age; uses precocious language • Has communication skills advanced for his or her age and is able to express ideas and feelings • Asks intelligent and complex questions • Is able to identify the important characteristics of new concepts and problems • Learns information quickly • Uses logic in arriving at common sense answers • Has a broad base of knowledge; a large quantity of information • Understands abstract ideas and complex concepts • Uses analogical thinking, problem solving, or reasoning • Observes relationships and sees connections • Finds and solves difficult and unusual problems • Understands principles, forms generalizations, and uses them in new situations • Wants to learn and is curious • Works conscientiously and has a high degree of concentration in areas of interest • Understands and uses various symbol systems • Is reflective about learning • Is enraptured by a specific subject • Has reading comprehension skills advanced for his or her age • Has advanced writing abilities for his or her age • Has strong artistic or musical abilities • Concentrates intensely for long periods of time, particularly in a specific area of interest • Is more aware, stimulated, and affected by surroundings • Experiences extreme positive or negative feelings • Experiences a strong physical reaction to emotion • Has a strong affective memory, re-living or re-feeling things long after the triggering event

Areas of concentration include phonemic awareness and phonics, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, spelling, and writing.

A CORE expert will show content area teachers ways to improve vocabulary knowledge and implement strategies to increase subject matter comprehension.

research, illustrates how a successful reader is the culmination of building skills in five major areas: phonemic awareness, phonics, reading comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency.

In this study, authors compared the effects of two experimental multiple - strategy approaches (content - area comprehension and vocabulary) to typical fourth - grade social studies instructional practices.

«The revised English standards that schools will begin implementing in 2012 - 2013 place increased emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary and research — areas critical to strengthening adolescent literacy and building college readiness,» Wright said.

By including exercises, activities, and games that build phonics, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, pronunciation, fluency, and comprehension skills, this time - tested, research - driven approach helps students master decoding skills and grow in every area needed for reading success.

The content areas for grades K — 2 are foundational reading skills (print concepts, phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency); reading comprehension for literary and informational texts; writing development and skills; speaking and listening development and skills; and language development and skills (academic language skills and vocabulary).