Vocabulary Development
Research has shown that children who read even TEN minutes a day outside of school, experience substantially higher rates of vocabulary growth between second and fifth grade then children who do little or no reading!
Some strategies for teaching your child vocabulary are listed below:
Identify words that are critical to story understanding that are Not explained in the text.
Select words students will "encounter" again (moderate frequency words).
Preteach meanings of words using example, synonyms, definitions.
Provide children opportunities to use the words.
There are two types of vocabulary words. Those that are phonetic (can be decoded using phonics) and those that are sight/frequency words ( which you just have to memorize). The more you read, the faster your vocabulary will grow!