One part of the CIA program that I really enjoy is the vocabulary handbooks. This is a great way to teach new vocab words to students. By introducing them to a word before they hear/read it in the text it really helps students with their comprehension. This allows them to identify these words and how they are used in context instead of reading over the unknown meaning of a word. I use the CIA Teacher Manual Vocabulary Mini-Lesson Routine every day that we start a lesson with a vocab word.
