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In Bringing Words to Life (Guildford Press, 2002) Isabel Beck, Margaret McKeown, and Linda Kucan explain the concept of tiers of vocabulary words:

  • Tier one words are simple words that most children will learn without explicit instruction (such as like or bus)
  • Tier three words are highly specific to a domain (such as isotope)
  • Tier two words are in between tier one and three--words such as reluctant, absurd, pinnacle, nuisance, commotion.

Focusing vocabulary instruction on tier two words helps maximize the benefit to students.

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