Name: Building Academic Vocabulary: Strategies that Work
Start: 2026-04-24T11:15:00-0700
End: 2026-04-24T12:15:00-0700

Building Academic Vocabulary: Strategies that Work

Friday April 24, 2026 11:15am - 12:15pm PDT

Ballroom G2, Yakima Convention Center

In this interactive session, participants explore GLAD strategies that build academic language across grade levels and content areas. Classroom-ready tools such as visuals, 10/2, gestures, and color-coding support multilingual learners’ academic vocabulary development. Participants leave with immediately usable strategies that increase student talk, engagement, and equitable access to rigorous instruction.

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Kristin Odegaard

Multilingual Learner Specialist, Lake Stevens School District

Kristin Odegaard is a Multilingual Learner Specialist for the Lake Stevens School District and a BeGLAD Certified Agency Trainer (CAT). She brings three decades of experience supporting linguistically diverse students across the educational spectrum. Kristin began her career with... Read More →

7HPT 2020 pdf

WABE Vocabulary pdf

Friday April 24, 2026 11:15am - 12:15pm PDT
Ballroom G2, Yakima Convention Center

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