I started my professional reading looking back at the reading book to understand what the key ideas behind vocabulary instruction are and what might fit with the needs of my learners.
"The more words students know, the easier it will be for the to comprehend what they read"
This book talking about a vocabulary program and suggests that these for elements are needed in order for students to have comprehensive vocabulary to support reading.
- Word consciousness
- Learning/teaching of individual words
- Learning/teaching of word-learning strategies
- Planning and encouragement that leads to independent reading
So what does this mean for my inquiry:
This reading provided some good points to consider as I move into increasing vocabulary in my inquiry. As a teacher I feel individual word teaching is a strength of mine and something I do regularly. What I now need to work on is building learners interest in words and increasing their excitement more unpacking what they mean and connecting words in word webs.
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