Not exact matches
They focus on
vocabulary and narrative,
as these
oral skills have been identified
as foundational in children's literacy development.
Use these sentences with ESL, ELL, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Special Education, or ANY language, Picture «Reading» Sentences — These sentences can be used
as oral assessments both before and after the
vocabulary has been taught.
Here's just one example: After almost a year in Head Start (with an average cost of about $ 7,700 in 2005), children were able to name only about two more letters than their non — Head Start counterparts, and they did not show any significant gains on much more important measures, such
as early math learning,
vocabulary,
oral comprehension (more indicative of later reading comprehension), motivation to learn, or social competencies, including the ability to interact with peers and teachers.
Both striving readers
as well
as those who need to be challenged will have ample time to internalize main
vocabulary and concepts using
oral language in collaborative conversations.
Within this approach, students learn the basic building blocks of literacy
as they develop critical language skills through exposure to both
oral and academic
vocabulary.
Before going to school, children learn new words from the spoken language around them and
as they learn to read words and texts,
oral vocabulary knowledge makes important contributions to reading comprehension.
Children with reading difficulties may show slower growth in
oral vocabulary knowledge,
as well
as slower progress in reading and might need additional help when they encounter unknown words in texts.