Accessing academic vocabulary can either be a student's greatest strength or their greatest struggle, and as they move into high school, command over content-specific vocabulary has a major impact on performance.

What does academic vocabulary entail? Why is it difficult for students to expand their vocabulary? And is literacy in different disciplines really all that different?

Special guests:
Kate Moore, Science/Special Education Content Specialist
Christian Wu, Mathematics Content Specialist

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