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Three-tiered Approach

• First Tier Words
• Basic words
• run, ball, is
• Second Tier Words
• Academic words
• Found in many curriculum areas
• vocabulary, example, create, add
• Third tier words
• Content words
• Low-frequency words
• Words needed to understand the concept
• nutrient, digestive, ingesting

Beck and McKeown, 1985