Boost students‎'‎ social studies vocabulary with easy‎-to‎-implement effective strategies‎!‎ Sample lessons using each strategy are included for grade spans 1‎-2‎,‎ 3‎-5‎,‎ and 6‎-8 using vocabulary words from standards‎-based‎,‎ content‎-specific units of study‎.‎ Each strategy also includes suggestions for differentiating instruction‎.‎ Each notebook includes 25 research‎-based strategies‎,‎ differentiation suggestions for each strategy‎,‎ assessment strategies‎,‎ sample word lists including both specialized content and general academic words‎,‎ and parent letters in both English and Spanish‎.‎ Also included is a Teacher Resource CD with PDFs of resource pages‎,‎ word lists‎,‎ assessment pages‎,‎ and parent letters‎.‎ This resource is correlated to the Common Core State Standards and is aligned to the interdisciplinary themes from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills‎.‎ 280pp‎.‎