Provide a vocabulary-rich environment.

Model, teach, and have students practice strategies for discovering the meanings of words.

• Provide a vocabulary-rich environment

• use rich and varied vocabulary when speaking with children individually and in groups

• read books, sing songs, and write messages that include a wide variety of vocabulary

• display a variety of meaningful words in the learning environment (e.g., labels, word walls, posters, schedules, songs, children's writing, etc.

• include technical vocabulary (e.g., monitor, thermometer), common words with multiple meanings (e.g.,train), and idiomatic language (raining cats and dogs)

• use rich and varied vocabulary when speaking with children individually and in groups

• read books and model writing that include a wide variety of vocabulary

• display a variety of meaningful words in the learning environment (e.g., word walls, posters, schedules, songs, children's writing, etc.

• include technical vocabulary (e.g., modem, barometer), common words with multiple meanings (e.g., light), and idiomatic language (deafening silence)