Service Learning: Flooding Students with Vocabulary through Read Alouds.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Holmes, Kerry; Thompson, Judith
- Source
- Clearing House; Jan2014, Vol. 87 Issue 1, p39-43, 5p
- Subject
- Vocabulary education
Service learning
Student teachers
Oral reading
Children's language
- Language
- ISSN
- 00098655
In the spirit of the Steven Stahl 600 Book Kid Challenge, 90 preservice teachers engaged children in 36 read-aloud sessions for a vocabulary improvement service learning project. This article describes how the preservice teachers used narrative and informational books as a vehicle for rare-word vocabulary exposure for children ages 8–12. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]