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Unlocking Vocabulary, Building Background Knowledge, and Enhancing Comprehension

Help me give my students games and read alouds that will expose my students to vocabulary that will build background knowledge and help increase reading comprehension.

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I work at a school where a large percentage of students have limited exposure to quality literature and diverse experiences before entering school. This lack of exposure often hampers their vocabulary development, putting them at a disadvantage when it comes to reading and comprehending texts. My goal is to address this gap by incorporating engaging read-aloud books and vocabulary games into our daily lessons. By exposing students to a variety of topics and vocabulary, I aim to expand their background knowledge and language skills, ultimately boosting their comprehension abilities.

Research underscores the critical link between vocabulary and reading comprehension.

Unfortunately, there are significant disparities in vocabulary knowledge among students from different socioeconomic backgrounds. These gaps emerge early on, with noticeable differences in word knowledge observed as early as kindergarten. By first grade, children from higher socioeconomic status (SES) groups typically possess double the vocabulary of their peers from lower SES backgrounds. This discrepancy persists and continues to affect reading comprehension skills throughout a child's educational journey.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Vocabulary Folder Game Library - Gr. 2-3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Vocabulary Folder Game Library - Pre K-K • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Vocabulary Grab & Play Game - Gr. 3-4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
The Boy Who Loved Words • Amazon Business $18.61 1 $18.61
The Barn • Amazon Business $17.51 1 $17.51
More than Words: So Many Ways to Say What We Mean • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
Space Station Mars • Amazon Business $17.00 1 $17.00
Brilliant Bea: A Story for Kids With Dyslexia and Learning Differences • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Jonas Hanway's Scurrilous, Scandalous, Shockingly Sensational Umbrella • Amazon Business $16.76 1 $16.76
Gumption! • Amazon Business $16.43 1 $16.43
Carl The Cantankerous Cat: A Teaching Tool Disguised as a Picture Book • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Apple Pie That Papa Baked • Amazon Business $15.18 1 $15.18
Mrs Wordsmith Storyteller's Word A Day, Grades 3-5: + 3 Months of Word Tag Video Game • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Max's Words (Max's Words, 1) • Amazon Business $14.91 1 $14.91
A Walk in the Words • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Michael Recycle • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
The Very Last Leaf • Amazon Business $13.57 1 $13.57
The Fort • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Water Hole • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Over and Under the Pond: (Environment and Ecology Books for Kids, Nature Books, Children's Oceanography Books, Animal Books for Kids) • Amazon Business $12.60 1 $12.60
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole • Amazon Business $12.00 1 $12.00
Outside In: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Flotsam • Amazon Business $11.48 1 $11.48
The Word Collector • Amazon Business $11.26 1 $11.26
Courage • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
The Invisible Boy • Amazon Business $10.33 1 $10.33
Extra Yarn: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner • Amazon Business $10.29 1 $10.29
Sweep • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Say Something! • Amazon Business $9.74 1 $9.74
The Storm Book: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Stroll and Walk, Babble and Talk: More about Synonyms (Words Are CATegorical ®) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Pre- and Re-, Mis- and Dis-: What Is a Prefix? (Words Are CATegorical ®) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know: What Is a Synonym? (Words Are CATegorical ®) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
-Ful and -Less, -Er and -Ness: What Is a Suffix? (Words Are CATegorical ®) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
A Bat Cannot Bat, a Stair Cannot Stare: More about Homonyms and Homophones (Words Are CATegorical ®) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky: More about Adjectives (Words Are CATegorical ®) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Is a Worry Worrying You? • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
LMNO Peas (The Peas Series) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Sneakers, the Seaside Cat • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
13 Words • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
How to Be a Baby . . . by Me, the Big Sister • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
Run Wild • Amazon Business $7.80 1 $7.80
Thesaurus Rex • Amazon Business $7.75 1 $7.75
Straight and Curvy, Meek and Nervy: More about Antonyms (Words Are CATegorical ®) • Amazon Business $7.67 1 $7.67
Building with Dad • Amazon Business $7.39 1 $7.39
Fireflies • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
Over and Under the Snow • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Fancy Nancy: Tea for Two • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$620.87

Vendor shipping charges

 $21.18

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$681.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$120.24

Total project goal

$801.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $801.60

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 $801.60

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