Building Comprehension with Informational Texts: Academic Vocabulary

Are you looking for proven strategies to employ with students to transform them from learning to read to reading to learn? This mini-course will equip you with best practices to teach your students engaging techniques to build reading comprehension through informational texts and academic vocabulary acquired from texts. By teaching new vocabulary in context, you will support your students' language development, content knowledge, and critical thinking skills. At the end of this mini-course, you will be able to design a plan to enhance students’ comprehension skills in preparation for more advanced academic tasks, while fostering a fun and immersive learning environment.