Chapter 9"When Kids Can't Read"

The author outlines how important it is for students to understand vocaublary. In this chapter the author also states that many vocabulary units are filled with words that most students will never need in everyday life. It is important for teachers to pick words that students can use in their conversations as well as in their writting. The author also states that we cannot simply tell students to use context clues to find the meaning of a word but we must teach them how to use clues in the text.



Students need to learn vocabulary that can be used in everyday situations and not just vocabulary for a test. If uses the words just in conversation before introducing them in the lessons this allows time for the students to become familiar with the words before hand. It is also curcial that the teacher uses them in the classroom in normal situations after the lesson has been taught and before the test. There are many great strategies outlined in this chapter such as using a word hunt before a test. Using different strategies allows the students time to become familiar with the words before the test.