Chapter 3

In this chapter, it brings in the point that vocabulary is a goal and outcome of reading. Too often children are given the vocabulary words in a reading that are meaningless and many times the words on the side of the teachers book. This is not necessarily the words that you should be using. Most of the time, they pick the words that are not the target words for the children to learn. It is not relevant for them to know the words in order for them to be successful in the reading. It is my opinion that we as teachers pick out the words in an authentic way. I feel that we should find the words that are going to make it difficult for the child to understand the reading. I also think we should pull the words that are relevant to what the children are learning in the curriculum in order for them to make a connection to what they are learning and put it in real life contexts. The children should be shown that the more we read, the better we are with our vocabulary. Reading opens doors to new vocabulary every day.