Vocabulary Practice Ideas

“Vocabulary plays a critical piece in both learning to read and comprehending what we
read. Readers must know what most of the words mean in a text before they can
understand what they are reading. Vocabulary can be developed incidentally when
students engage daily in oral language, listen to others read to them, and read extensively
on their own.” National Center on Improving Literacy

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prefixes, suffixes & roots everything!
precooked signs, books, menus...
 References
Wing, E. (2024). VOCABULARY BUILDING: TEN TIPS FOR PARENTS. Home Literacy Blueprint.
https://homeliteracyblueprint.com/building-vocabulary/

National Center for Improving Literacy (2024). EXPLICIT VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION TO BUILD EQUITABLE
ACCESS FOR ALL LEARNERS. The Educator’s Science of Reading Toolbox.
https://improvingliteracy.org/sites/improvingliteracy2.uoregon.edu/files/briefs/explicit-vocabulary-
instruction.pdf