Sentences with phrase «advanced vocabulary skills»

The more advantaged children have advanced vocabulary skills and that correlates to better cognitive abilities later on, she said.

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Studies have also shown that children who were read to as newborns have a larger vocabulary, as well as more advanced mathematical skills, than other kids their age.

For example, a recent study conducted in urban middle schools found that there were more similarities than differences in the reading profiles of struggling students from non-English-speaking and English - speaking households, and that low academic vocabulary knowledge, a major component of advanced literacy skills, was a shared source of difficulty.

For students with limited English proficiency, this is particularly important because literacy skills can be advanced and improved without relying on prior knowledge of extensive vocabulary.

Yet, pre-kindergarten programs are critical to children's long - term success, and experts at NIEER have documented that children who have been enrolled in high - quality pre-kindergarten programs enter kindergarten with better vocabularies and more advanced pre-reading and math skills than children who don't have access to these programs.

The following are common characteristics of gifted children, although not all will necessarily apply to every gifted child: • Has an extensive and detailed memory, particularly in a specific area of interest • Has advanced vocabulary for his or her age; uses precocious language • Has communication skills advanced for his or her age and is able to express ideas and feelings • Asks intelligent and complex questions • Is able to identify the important characteristics of new concepts and problems • Learns information quickly • Uses logic in arriving at common sense answers • Has a broad base of knowledge; a large quantity of information • Understands abstract ideas and complex concepts • Uses analogical thinking, problem solving, or reasoning • Observes relationships and sees connections • Finds and solves difficult and unusual problems • Understands principles, forms generalizations, and uses them in new situations • Wants to learn and is curious • Works conscientiously and has a high degree of concentration in areas of interest • Understands and uses various symbol systems • Is reflective about learning • Is enraptured by a specific subject • Has reading comprehension skills advanced for his or her age • Has advanced writing abilities for his or her age • Has strong artistic or musical abilities • Concentrates intensely for long periods of time, particularly in a specific area of interest • Is more aware, stimulated, and affected by surroundings • Experiences extreme positive or negative feelings • Experiences a strong physical reaction to emotion • Has a strong affective memory, re-living or re-feeling things long after the triggering event

Eighth grade English is a year for students to fine tune and expand on skills introduced in seventh grade, specifically expository and creative writing, discussion and oral presentation, critical reading, and the use of more advanced vocabulary and grammar.

Often, children are able to express themselves through pictures more successfully than with words due to their limited vocabularies or their more advanced visual and perceptual skills.