Student Comprehension Through Vocabulary : An Action Research Project

Some children may not be able to understand the words being spoken to them and/or the grammatical rules of sentence construction. Therefore, when their teacher tells the class what they need to do, or explains a new idea or concept,9 they may struggle to understand what is being said. Having inappropriate vocabulary is

5- Laurel Palm Middle School was one of the top 10 performing schools. The school had a population of 1,500 students and they are multicultural.

Why do pre-reading strategies that activate prior knowledge and raise interest in the subject prepare students to approach text reading in a critical frame of mind?

Student Group (Provide demographic data): At Steele School, 84.7% of all students are categorized as low-income. Within those low-income students, 80% out of the 84.7% are African American.

graduation rate of 58.3% for all students. Within the district there are 28 elementary schools, 8

Also within the school is a very diverse group of children with around fifty-seven percent of students identifying as white, nineteen percent identifying as black or African American, and seventeen percent identifying as Hispanic or Latino.

The setting is Washington Elementary School in West Orange, NJ. The grade I picked is first grade. The age group in the class is between the ages of five and seven. The subjects they learn are math, language arts, social studies, and writing. But they focus more on reading and math throughout the day. There are 8 girls and 8 boys in the classroom which makes 16 students in total. The class is divided into three racial and ethnic groups which are Latino or Hispanic, African Americans, and Asian American. There are about 1 Asian American, 6 Latino or Hispanic, and 9 African Americans.

The school system serves 68.3% white families, about 11.9% Hispanic families, 12.2% black families, 2.4% Asian, and the other 5% multi-racial families. Bailly

Why does the German officer shoot the man? Why do you think no one does anything to protest?

There is a significant difference in ethnic diversity versus a typical public school system in Georgia. At KC 46.5% of the student population is African American (Kennesaw, GA public school average is 23.2%) 32% of the students are Caucasian, 5.5% Hispanic, 8.5% Asian, 5.6% are at least two races or more and less than 1% of the student population is made up of American Indian or

Decatur County School System’s enrollment is 5,253. We have eight schools and five separate administrative buildings. Our student demographics are: Black 50%, White 37%, Hispanic 10%, Multi-Racial 3%. Decatur County is rural farming community with limited industry.

The community in which this school is located is considered rural. The population for the community is more then 75,000 people, however, the community is not greatly diverse. The residents who live in this community are primarily white. According to the United States Census Bureau, the number of households in this community are 29,848. Within these households, 64% are to be considered family households. Going into greater depth on this, 49% of the households consist married couples, where as 6.3% are considered unmarried couples. The average household size in this community consists of 2 people and the average family size consists of 3 people. Lastly the median income for this community is $56,000.

The school population consist of 45 % African Americans, 40% Hispanics, 9% whites, 2% other or more races, 1% Asians, 1% American Indians and 1% Hawaii Natives.

o The population of residents ages 15 to 19 for the school district is 9,075 making up roughly

When students enter into the kindergarten classroom, they are greeted with a plethora of new knowledge that they may have previously not had exposure, such as phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. Within these, vocabulary is often a major struggle for many children in kindergarten. Young children are often exposed to vocabulary through conversations, but not in a manner of teaching it explicitly. Through this literature review it was my goal as a researcher to find primary studies that focused on high quality instruction in the field of emergent vocabulary, especially in the kindergarten classroom. This topic came into fruition through wanting to understand literacy practices in kindergarten classrooms, since the implementation of Common Core State Standards.