"In sixth grade and below, direct explanation accounted for about 80% of words learned, adding support for explicit vocabulary instruction" (Archer, 2011; Biemiller, 2001).

Vocabulary is the understanding of words and word meanings and is another of the big five ideas of literacy identified by the National Reading Panel (Honig, Diamond & Gutlohn, 2013). Vocabulary knowledge is a skill that is ever expanding and growing throughout a lifetime. The research about vocabulary instruction is clear; the traditional methods of word lists and students looking up definitions in the dictionary, copying the definition and then using the word in a sentence is not effective. Students need explicit instruction in target words, active engagement in word learning and review, and multiple opportunities to review and practice target words (Archer, 2011; Honig, Diamond & Gutlohn, 2013).

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