There are many different strategies for teaching vocabulary to students. One of the most effective ways in through reading. The Tompkins book talks heavily about reading and its impact on the ability of students to learn vocabulary. Reading encourages students to use strategies such as context clues to figure out words they don't know. Reading constantly exposes students to new vocabulary in a meaningful way. Another way to teach vocabulary is by using word walls. Word walls can be used for any subject to highlight the key vocabulary words. By having the words visible to students, they are able to see the words over and over. The repetition so to speak helps the students to internalize the words and it also helps them to look for those vocabulary words in their text books or other reading materials. When students find these words in the text they can use the context to derive the meaning of the word if they are not completely sure what it means.
Another way to teach students vocabulary is to have them practice with identifying root words and affixes. Acitivities where students have the meaning of each word part and put words together using those parts help the students to decode the meaning. Also, by seeing words broken up, students can start to see how to break up words they are unfamiliar with.
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