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Growing Preschoolers’ Vocabulary and Concept knowledge through Language-Rich Instruction

Growing Preschoolers’ Vocabulary and Concept knowledge through Language-Rich Instruction. PROJECT WORLD Words of Oral Reading and Language Development. Jorge E. Gonzalez, Principal Investigator, Sharolyn Pollard- Durodola , Co-Principal Investigator Laura Saenz, Co-Principal Investigator.

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Growing Preschoolers’ Vocabulary and Concept knowledge through Language-Rich Instruction

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  1. Growing Preschoolers’ Vocabulary and Concept knowledge through Language-Rich Instruction PROJECT WORLD Words of Oral Reading and Language Development Jorge E. Gonzalez, Principal Investigator, Sharolyn Pollard-Durodola, Co-Principal Investigator Laura Saenz, Co-Principal Investigator

  2. Project WORLD • IES CFDA 84.305A • IES Education Research Grants • IES Early Learning and Policies • Efficacy and Replication Goal grants that: • Aim: Provide support for the development of interventions that address specific sources of reading comprehension difficulties. • Award Period: July, 2011 – June 2015

  3. Project WORLD Shared Book Reading Vocabulary Instruction 18-week vocabulary curriculum 5 to 10 minutes a day five days a week Small group WORLD Vocabulary Instruction offers high importance vocabulary to help grow children’s vocabulary around every day concepts and ideas using instructional cards. • 18-week shared book reading curriculum • 15 to 20 minutes a day • five days a week • Small group WORLD Shared Book Reading: offers carefully selected read-alouds to help grow pre-k children’s vocabulary and comprehension development using books.

  4. Quality Preschool Instruction • High-quality literacy instruction during the preschool years can have long-lasting effects on children’s knowledge of words and the world around them(Biemiller, 2003; Snow, Burns, & Griffin, 1998). • Some children, however, need more than regular classroom instruction to support vocabulary and literacy development (Coleman et al., 2006; Dickinson, McCabe, & Essex, 2006; NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2000).

  5. Language and Literacy Development of Dual Language Learners in the U. S. • The number of ELL is out pacing any other portion of pre-k to 12 population. Schools are faced with considerable challenges in educating these children.

  6. What do We Need to Do?

  7. By Building Word and World Knowledge: Project WORLD Addresses TEA Preschool Guidelines (2008)

  8. Project WORLD Teacher Selection 25 Project WORLD Shared Reading Teachers 25 Project WORLD Vocabulary Instruction Teachers Pre-screen to identify preschoolers Vocabulary pre-testing to select six students per classroom Each of 25 WORLD teachers has small shared reading group (6 max) Each 25 WORLD teachers has vocabulary instruction small group(6 max)

  9. Thank You! For any additional questions or information please contact: Nora Resendez Email: nmresendez@utpa.edu Phone: (956)665-2425

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