Developing Young Children’s Knowledge of Everyday and Academic Vocabulary Words

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium presents three studies focused on developing young children’s vocabulary knowledge. The first intervention examines factors of informational book reading and play that foster preschool children’s depth of vocabulary knowledge. The second explores K-1 students’ vocabulary learning through the use of visual supports during book reading in summer and afterschool programs. The final study investigates K-1 children’s learning of academic vocabulary and multiple meanings of words during small-group word-study instruction.

Content Area

• Area 5: Early and Elementary Literacy Processes

Chair

• Anita C. Gonzalez, The Ohio State University

Discussant

• Tanya S. Wright, Michigan State University

Individual Presentations

• Developing Young Children’s Knowledge of Everyday and Academic Vocabulary Words - Elizabeth Burke Hadley, Vanderbilt University; Jill F. Grifenhagen, North Carolina State University; Jill S. Jones, North Carolina State University Teacher Education and Learning Sciences Department; Kathy Ganske, Vanderbilt University