This course provides educators and instructional coaches with practical, TEKS-aligned strategies for designing and delivering effective vocabulary instruction that supports language comprehension and reading achievement. It covers the role of vocabulary in literacy development, differentiates between Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 vocabulary, and introduces explicit routines for vocabulary teaching. The course emphasizes the use of context clues, deep processing activities, and authentic assessment methods. Special guidance is included for supporting emergent bilingual students through culturally and linguistically responsive practices, including leveraging home languages and cognates. Throughout, the course connects vocabulary instruction to decoding, language comprehension, and reading comprehension using the Simple View of Reading framework, and guides participants in selecting vocabulary based on familiarity, usefulness, and frequency.
Included at No Cost for Elevate20 Cooperative Members.