Content Vocabulary Workout™
Reading Levels 4-6, Grades 6-8
Focus on vocabulary development to accelerate reading comprehension
- Help struggling middle-school readers
grasp the vocabulary in their textbooks
- Offer a non-threatening, positive environment
for word learning
- Build fluency and automaticity
Content Vocabulary Workout™ utilizes best practices in vocabulary development
for struggling readers to build content-area vocabulary. Drawing from the glossaries of Glencoe middle-school level, content-area
textbooks, the program focuses on the important role of vocabulary development
in accelerating reading comprehension. Each consumable grade-level book contains
30 lessons equally divided among three subject areas: math, science, and social
studies. Both research-based and innovative, Content
Vocabulary Workout lays
a foundation for classroom success.
Main Features:
- Vocabulary Stretches: Students preview the lesson words and are provided
with an example of the word used in context.
- Vocabulary Workout: Students reread key terms in a content-based context.
- Vocabulary Cooldown: Students solidify meaning while developing fluency
and automaticity
- Vocabulary Assessment: Students reinforce their knowledge every five lessons.
- Self-Scoring: Students track their progress in a chart at the back of the
book.
- Personal Dictionary: Students track and explore the meanings of additional
vocabulary words.
