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2. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United ...

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   strictly a shop owner or shop that sells newspapers, usu. refers to a small shop, e.g. corner shop, convenience store, newsstand, or similar (US: newsdealer) newsreader someone who reads the news on TV or radio. nice one * (slang) a way of thanking someone, or congratulating them. nicker

3. Optimizing Vocabulary Instruction for Preschool Children

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   tion, use a gesture). The teacher or paraeducator facilitates the listening center, helping children keep their place in their book and encouraging them to respond. Target vocabulary words were selected to be relevant for future reading and academic success.

4. Teaching Vocabulary in the Early Childhood Classroom - ed

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   by a brief assessment. For each word, 12 children heard the new word repeated three times; another 12 children heard the word repeated six times; and so forth, for nine, 18, and 24 repetitions. Only 20 percent of the children who heard a new word three times remembered it; in fact, it wasn’t until after 24 repetitions.

5. Weih, T. G. (2015). How to Select Books for Teaching to ... - ed

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   Weih, T. G. (2015). How to Select Books for Teaching to Children: Taking a Critical Look at Books Through a Pedagogical Lens. 3 How to do a Thorough Evaluation of Children’s Books It is very important for teachers to have clear purposes for teaching a particular book, and a well thought out plan.

6. Foundations in Emergent Literacy Instruction: Vocabulary

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   Language represents knowledge. Children must learn the meanings of many words to use language efectively. • Vocabulary is important for later reading comprehension; for decoding (recognizing words in print) and language comprehension (ability to understand the words we read). • Vocabulary knowledge leads to more vocabulary knowledge.

7. International Children's Digital Library - Wikipedia

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   The ICDL is a free online library of digitized children's books in 59 languages [3] from various countries. Designed specifically for use by children ages 3 to 13, the Library is housed by the International Children's Digital Library Foundation. It was originally developed in the College of Information Studies and the Human-Computer Interaction ...

8. ERIC - EJ958517 - Teaching Vocabulary in Storybooks ...

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   Children who have limited vocabulary in kindergarten are at high risk of later reading difficulty. For children with disabilities, including children with primary and secondary language impairments, vocabulary instruction is important to provide strong vocabulary knowledge and prevent future reading difficulties.

9. ERIC - ED452485 - Road to the Code: A Phonological Awareness ...

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   The plan in the book is a developmentally sequenced, 11-week program to give students repeated opportunities to practice and enhance their beginning reading and spelling abilities. Each of the 44 15-20 minute lessons features three activities: "say-it-and-move-it,""letter name and sound instruction," and "phonological awareness practice."