Write a post critically assessing how you have been engaging with the four essential components of vocabulary instruction until now, addressing your knowledge gaps, giving specific examples for each of the four of strategies you have used or will try in the future. End your post with an essential question for your peers to discuss. Post should be at least 300 words. About me: I am a teacher assistant in special education in Public School in Brooklyn. Most of my students have autism spectrum disorder. Mostly 3rd, 4th and 5th graders.