Why is vocabulary important?
"Vocabulary plays a fundamental role in the reading process and is critical to reading comprehension. Children learn the meanings of most words indirectly, through everyday experiences with oral and written language. Other words are learned through carefully designed instruction."
Source: Reading Rockets
This video contains different strategies to use with any list of vocabulary words.
This site has great activities and strategies to build vocabulary to strengthen reading comprehension.
This site Is a great resource. It contains already made vocabulary lists, a dictionary piece, and a learn section. In the learn section It gives random words and asks for the definition using a multiple choice format.