Vocabulary Is Comprehension: Getting to the Root of Text Complexity

by Laura Robb

Book Overview

Here is a reading riddle: What knowledge always precedes high-level text comprehension and yet seldom is given sufficient instructional time?

The answer: Word knowledge.

Our students can't understand texts without knowing what words mean. It's that simple. Meanwhile, in our rush toward complex texts, somehow we forget to put a new systematic vocabulary plan in place. In Vocabulary Is Comprehension,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1483345807
• ISBN13: 9781483345802
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 10.9"