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WORDS AND COMPREHENSION: THE KEY TO GROWTH Keith Pruitt, Ed.S. www.woweducationalconsulting. com Presentation sponsored by Pearson Longman Publishing
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Words and comprehension

Dec 10, 2014

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Keith Pruitt

This presentation was presented at the 2010 MABE conference in Dearborn Michigan. The presentation speaks to different methods of teaching words to students.
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  • 1. Words and Comprehension: The Key to Growth
    Keith Pruitt, Ed.S.
    www.woweducationalconsulting.com
    Presentation sponsored by Pearson Longman Publishing

2. What impact would it have on your children if they could learn 1000-1500 newwords per year?
How would the acquisition of this many words impact their comprehension?
But First A Question
What is Comprehension?
3. Jamikas Story
What is Involved In Comprehension?
What Does it Mean to Understand?

  • Making Sense of text based on authors intention and message.

4. Understanding how the words interplay to relay a message. 5. To exercise intellectual muscle 6. To connect with a text in a meaningful way