Letter to Parents
Eric Baierl
REAT
Task 6
WGU
Vocabulary Importance
Eric Baierl
REAT
Task6
WGU
A.
Dear Parents or Guardians, As your child's primary teacher I would like to briefly explain to you the importance of building up their vocabulary. Vocabulary simply refers to the various words we must understand in order to communicate our thoughts and ideas both orally and written. It also refers to the words needed to better understand what a person is saying to us. Constantly expanding a students vocabulary is a crucial part of their literary development and is essential in their development both academically and socially. Learning new words and their meanings will not only help improve a students reading comprehension, but also improve their speech and listening skills, as well as, their writing skills. It also helps build a students confidence in the various social situations presented throughout their time in school. Throughout a students time in school they will rely heavily on their ability to read and comprehend text. The better a students vocabulary the easier this will be for them. By assessing students knowledge of vocabulary I will be able to identify those students who show signs of reading and writing deficiencies or learning disabilities. Proper assessment strategies will also help me gauge how successful or unsuccessful my teaching methods are. This allows me to appropriately construct and adjust lessons to find which ones work best. I will assess students knowledge of vocabulary first by examining their standardized test scores. Of course, this by itself will not give me a complete picture of a students knowledge of words, but it will give me a generally starting point as to where a student is in their vocabulary development. I will then use a variety of techniques to assess their grasp of new words throughout the year by multiple choice or matching exercises, as
REAT
Task 6
WGU
Vocabulary Importance
Eric Baierl
REAT
Task6
WGU
A.
Dear Parents or Guardians, As your child's primary teacher I would like to briefly explain to you the importance of building up their vocabulary. Vocabulary simply refers to the various words we must understand in order to communicate our thoughts and ideas both orally and written. It also refers to the words needed to better understand what a person is saying to us. Constantly expanding a students vocabulary is a crucial part of their literary development and is essential in their development both academically and socially. Learning new words and their meanings will not only help improve a students reading comprehension, but also improve their speech and listening skills, as well as, their writing skills. It also helps build a students confidence in the various social situations presented throughout their time in school. Throughout a students time in school they will rely heavily on their ability to read and comprehend text. The better a students vocabulary the easier this will be for them. By assessing students knowledge of vocabulary I will be able to identify those students who show signs of reading and writing deficiencies or learning disabilities. Proper assessment strategies will also help me gauge how successful or unsuccessful my teaching methods are. This allows me to appropriately construct and adjust lessons to find which ones work best. I will assess students knowledge of vocabulary first by examining their standardized test scores. Of course, this by itself will not give me a complete picture of a students knowledge of words, but it will give me a generally starting point as to where a student is in their vocabulary development. I will then use a variety of techniques to assess their grasp of new words throughout the year by multiple choice or matching exercises, as