Understanding Vocabulary
Gotta quickie concerning vocabulary….When it comes to direct teaching of vocabulary and strategies to figure out vocabulary what do you do when:
You’re reading a story that will become an old friend and revisited numerous times to focus on different skills/strategies/standards but that story has gobs of rich colorful language and unfamiliar vocabulary??
One story that comes immediately to mind is Once There Was A Tree (can’t remember the name of the author). Fabulous story for a variety of reasons. However, it was an extremely difficult story to read the first few times because of the amazing vocabulary and language. I almost abandoned reading the story because of the high level vocabulary usage. I am still not sure how to read a story that has so much vocabulary that needs explaining. It becomes a chore as a reader and certainly as a readee. What I’ve done is to end up simplifying the language the first couple of times I read the story so as to be able ensure that the children understand the meaning of the text. Then, I add the new vocabulary a little at a time.
Any suggestions??? Help!
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