Vocabulary In the Content Areas Student Edition World History (Middle School)
Building a strong academic and content vocabulary is the key to success in social studies. Research indicates that vocabulary is the major factor in improving comprehension and that students benefit from a multistrategy approach to vocabulary instruction. Vocabulary in the Content Areas is a developmental, research-based, interactive program designed to help students build a strong vocabulary foundation in social studies. Applies vocabulary in three target areas: reading, writing, and testing. Helps develop key vocabulary skills, such as building associations with word anchors, using affixes and roots, using parts of speech and multiple meanings, using synonyms and antonyms, and using specific context clues. Designed to help struggling readers and ELL in content-area classrooms and on state assessments. 128 pages.
