Possible Sentences is another pre-reading vocabulary strategy. There is a description for how to use the strategy and a graphic organizer to download in Word which you can customize for your class.

List-Group-Label is a vocabulary strategy that allows students to organize their understanding of content area vocabulary and content before they read. There is a description for how to use the strategy and a graphic organizer to download in Word which you can customize for your class.

The Frayer Model allows students to understand unfamiliar vocabulary before reading a text. There is a description for how to use the strategy and a graphic organizer to download in Word which you can customize for your class.

12 ideas that work in social studies (and really any content!)

This article not only highlights the rationale of teaching vocabulary in the Math classroom but also offers three specific strategies, along with examples and descriptions of how to use them:

• The Frayer Model
• Four Square
• Feature Analysis

The article Effective Strategies for Teaching Science Vocabulary by Sarah J. Carrier explains the importance of vocabulary instruction in science classes along with several strategies for doing this including:

· Interlanguage

· Instructions with visual cues

· Science Text Cards

· Word Lists /Banks /Walls

· Word Games

· Word Parts

· Multiple Meaning Words

· Graphic Organizers

Throughout the article she also emphasizes how these strategies also help English Language Learners.