Vocabulary Instruction in the Content-Areas Twitter: @j_trussell #BestPracticesDeafEd2018 Jessica Trussell, Ph.D . Masters of Science in Secondary Education National Technical Institute for the Deaf Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York Best Practices in Mainstream Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students July 27, 2018
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Vocabulary Instruction in the
Content-Areas
Twitter: @j_trussell #BestPracticesDeafEd2018
Jessica Trussell, Ph.D.
Masters of Science in Secondary Education National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York
Best Practices in Mainstream Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing StudentsJuly 27, 2018
Agenda
• What is vocabulary and why do we care?
• What is currently happens in vocabulary
instruction?
• What strategies are best for teaching vocabulary
in the content-areas?
Adolescent Readers with Disabilities:
A Call to Action
63-68% reading below
grade level
37-32% reading on
grade level
National Assessment of Educational Progress, 2015
Vocabulary
Fluency
Reading Comprehension
Decoding
Word Study
Motivation
What are we doing now?
In English Language Arts Classes:
• 39% of vocabulary instructional time is dedicated