the more words the better..

The article that I found the most interesting this week was the one by Yopp & Yopp, Ten Important Words Plus: A Strategy for Building Word Knowledge. This was such a great article that pointed out so well that the more words you know the better your comprehension will be. Yopp & Yopp discuss the three primary ways of enhancing vocabulary, but what I found the most interesting was the Ten Words Plus strategy. This is a great way to see what reading level the child is on and it also lets the teacher know if the child is comprehending what the book is about. If the child picks 10 words that do nothing for the story then they might not fully understand what they are reading. I also liked that at the end the children made a bar graph of the most common words and then they were able to use prompts to better understand the words. I have not been around many classrooms that have used strategies like the one discussed in the article, but it shows us a great way to help children learn more words which in return will help their comprehension.

Top ten most important words, before and after reading...

Big Words for Little People, a children's book that exposes children to bigger words than they are use to..

 Write It, Build It, Decorate It....the more exposures the better....