In this chapter it discusses what teaching vocabulary is, which is kids need to know the meanings of words to be able to comprehend what they read. Also, having vocabulary knowledge is one of the predictors of reading success. Kids need to do more than write definitions in order to know the meaning of words. Kids need to use the words through reading them, hearing them spoken, writing them and speaking them. This then gives six lessons just like in the other chapters over the same lessons and types of books. They use stuff like probable passage reading, graphone concept, context clues concept, semantic question map, semantic map, then do summaries, definition map concept, and a vocabulary bookmark to teach students vocabulary different ways with different reads. With these types of teaching it will help the students stay focus, since it is a tough concept and hard to concentrate on. The book also advises to do things with drawing, and doing self-selection. Self-selection will help them believe that they know the word better and have confidence.
This will help me from being in the class room during reading class some days and helping the students learn the way Mrs. Wilbers teaches. Also it helps when I help the kids with reading homework or in reading groups.
Research-Based Reading Lessons Grades 4-6 by Maureen McLaughlin, Amy Homeyer, and Jennifer Sassaman
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