Sentences with phrase «vocabulary and comprehension which»

The difference may indicate that children aged 10 or above who have not succeeded using phonics approaches previously require a different approach, or that these students have other difficulties related to vocabulary and comprehension which phonics does not target.

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The worksheet comes with a comprehension exercise and a crossword, which practises the key vocabulary.

Initial sessions of reading comprehension classes designed for students in grades 1 and 2 comprise of reading aloud stories or passages to students, which help them expand their vocabulary.

Reading Comprehension is evaluated through two exercises (answer questions and TRUE / FALSE) while vocabulary acquisition is tested through three exercises which include a crossword puzzle, word match and sentence completion activities.

Broadening one's knowledge base strengthens reading comprehension, builds vocabulary, and deepens knowledge of the world, all of which help students understand the text, but also, as E. D. Hirsch writes, «what the text implies but doesn't say.»

It contains example letters with comprehension questions; a comprehensive vocabulary which can be completed as a translation exercise; sample questions from past papers and marking instructions to allow pupils to measure their performance.

Introducing new words and using full sentences («yes, we do need to put on our raincoats» rather than «yes, sure») also expands vocabulary, which not only helps students when they are first learning to read at around the ages of five and six, but also later in elementary school when they take the next steps and work on comprehension and fluency — the ability to read text accurately and quickly.

During the last month of fourth - grade, 370 children were pretested on a measure of reading comprehension and vocabulary and randomly assigned to (1) a treatment group in which children received 10 self - selected books during summer vacation, (2) a family literacy group in which children received 10 self - selected books and were invited with their parents to attend 3 2 - hour summer literacy events, and (3) a control group.

Thus we decided to create one large category labeled reading instruction (which included teacher - directed reading of narrative and expository text; instruction in phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension; and literature circles); the other original categories — independent reading, writing in response to reading, other written composition, spelling, reading aloud to students — remained intact.

They prepared a series of bar graphs that showed the percentage of students, by grade level, in the advanced, proficient, and warning levels on the state English language arts assessment, disaggregated by subskills, which included comprehension, vocabulary, finding the main idea, and identifying key details.

Tragic amounts of time have been wasted that could have been devoted to enhancing knowledge and vocabulary, which would actually raise reading comprehension scores.

My students read as much nonfiction as fiction this year, which built vocabulary and background knowledge — key components of comprehension.

This volume of reading helps students build important world knowledge and acquire additional vocabulary, both of which are critical for reading comprehension and essential to the ability to read complex text «independently and proficiently».

NCTQ analyzed a representative sample of reading courses to assess the degree to which students are taught the five essential components of effective reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Reading is a complex construct that is composed of many different components, the most familiar of which are outlined by the National Reading Panel as the «Big 5» — phonemic awareness, decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2000).

For the 10 % sample of observations described above, the second expert reviewer agreed with the first about the codes which made up the variables used in the data analyses: 100 % whole - group, 99 % small - group, 95 % vocabulary instruction, 91 % phonemic awareness instruction, 91 % phonics instruction, 94 % coaching in word - level strategies, 96 % asking lower - level questions, 82 % asking higher - level questions, 100 % comprehension skill instruction, 88 % comprehension strategies instruction, 94 % teacher - directed stance, 92 % student - support stance, 95 % active responding, and 97 % passive responding.

Discover ways to meet the varied needs of the developing reader with the Superkids Reading Program, which uses a research - based, three - pronged approach to text use: (1) decodable text to build decoding automaticity; (2) teacher - supported grade - level informational text so all students have access to the same vocabulary and content; and (3) above - grade - level read - aloud text experiences to boost students» listening comprehension and vocabulary.

Full literacy, intended for all readers, includes basic reading, spelling, written expression, vocabulary development and reading comprehension, all of which are encompassed in the term, «Structured Literacy.»

Building a rich vocabulary helps students with reading comprehension and essay writing, which in turn improves scores on the critical reading and writing components of the ACT and SAT exams.

Here at DAIC, Liz provides comprehensive language therapy which includes boosting students» reading comprehension, word - retrieval, vocabulary skills, written and oral expression, and pragmatic language.