Instruction in the standards requires a focus not only on the learner concepts and competencies but the supportive practices employed by the adults in the classroom setting. 

Concepts and Competencies

The learner with prompting and support will:

• Connect prior knowledge to unfamiliar words
• Participate in discussions about unfamiliar words
• Use inquiry skills to define unknown words while listening to informational text

Supportive Practices

The adult will:

• Model researching unfamiliar words in a text
• Introduce vocabulary in the context of topics when using a variety of informational text (e.g. non-fiction text, recipes, web pages, menus, phone books, maps, etc.)
• Model how use of picture cues can help determine the meaning of new words

 

This resource was created by the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL).  

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