Webinar: What Does THAT Word Mean? Teaching Students to Tackle Unfamiliar Words

What Does THAT Word Mean? Teaching Students to Tackle Unfamiliar Words

Students are going to encounter words they do not know. The goal is to teach them what to do next! In this practical webinar, explore a simple process that helps students slow down, reread, look for clues, make an informed guess, and check whether the meaning makes sense. Discover how to use this strategy across fiction and nonfiction to build vocabulary, support comprehension, and encourage independent reading.

Who should attend? Teachers, reading interventionists, and instructional support staff looking for practical ways to help students understand unfamiliar vocabulary.

You will learn how to:

• Teach students to pause and reread when they encounter an unfamiliar word.
• Guide students to use context clues to suggest a meaning.
• Help students check whether their suggested meaning makes sense in the text.
• Apply the same process across fiction and nonfiction.

Leave with a repeatable strategy that helps students stop, think, and figure it out!

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