Hi Joy ~ I agree - anytime we provide vocabulary for students we are building a background for them. I think a lot of times we do assume students know what we are talking about and a lot of times, the kids won't say, "I don't understand" and you just keep going. So, I agree that building an explicit vocabulary, especially for the second language students is very important. Thanks for reading and commenting.
~Allie
Hi Joy ~ I agree - anytime we provide vocabulary for students we are building a background for them. I think a lot of times we do assume students know what we are talking about and a lot of times, the kids won't say, "I don't understand" and you just keep going. So, I agree that building an explicit vocabulary, especially for the second language students is very important. Thanks for reading and commenting.
~Allie