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2. A Child Becomes a Reader -- K-3 - ed

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   Use and repeat important words such as names of buildings, parks, zoos, cities, and other places that you visit. Help your child develop an interest in the world. Read to him from your magazines and newspapers, as well as from informational (nonfiction) children's books. Help him to explore ideas and interests by using appropriate web sites.

3. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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   AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...

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. Put Reading First -- K-3 (vocabulary) - ed

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   In general, vocabulary can be described as oral vocabulary or reading vocabulary. Oral vocabulary refers to words that we use in speaking or recognize in listening. Reading vocabulary refers to words we recognize or use in print. Vocabulary plays an important part in learning to read. As beginning readers, children use the words they have heard ...

6. ERIC - ED579798 - Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary ...

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   New to this edition are: (1) Reflection on over a decade of advances in research-based vocabulary instruction; (2) Chapters on vocabulary and writing; assessment; and differentiating instruction for struggling readers and English language learners, including coverage of response to intervention (RTI); (3) Expanded discussions of content-area ...

7. Interactive children's book - Wikipedia

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   The newest advance in interactive children's books reflects the recent popularity of Amazon's Kindle. There are now a plethora of e-book sites that place children's picture books, along with LeapFrog-like sound effects and word pronunciation, completely online-often for free. Some will actually read an entire story aloud.

8. WWC | Foundational Skills to Support Reading for ...

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   1. Teach students academic language skills, including the use of inferential and narrative language, and vocabulary knowledge. Show More. 2. Develop awareness of the segments of sounds in speech and how they link to letters. Show More. 3. Teach students to decode words, analyze word parts, and write and recognize words.

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

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   Vocabulary instruction is a critical component of early language and literacy programs. Vocabulary skills in the early elementary school years are strong predictors of later reading achievement and there is a correlation between vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension.