Return-Path: <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id iAOI0VQ11710; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:00:31 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:00:31 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <41A4CC45.10803@ccsdistrict.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Jane Meyer <meyer_j@ccsdistrict.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:777] Re: Grade Level and Adult Learners X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 1021 Lines: 22 A question asked if adults beginning readers can plateau at the 2nd or 3rd grade level. One thing we noticed in our Even Start moms was that their vocabulary often plateaus about a 4th grade level and since vocabulary is a big part of reading this reading plateau makes sense. In studying the reading research we noticed that around 4th grade children begin reading to learn instead of learning to read. So, if they haven't learned to read they can't really read to learn, so their vocabulary and background knowledge growth does not progress. We gave our Even Start moms the Peabody Picture Vocabulary test and sure enough several scored around a 4th grade level. This provides a great opportunity for us to share with the moms why they not only need to improve their own vocabulary, but also need to expose their children to rich vocabulary and for the moms to see that increasing their own vocabulary will help their children. Jane Meyer Canton City Schools Even Start meyer_j@ccsdistrict.org > >
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