Vocabulary Development: Children increase their vocabularies at a rapid rate during the elementary school years.

Vocabulary Instruction: Vocabulary instruction should take place throughout the day, not just during the language arts or reading period.

Building Readers’ Schemata: Vocabulary terms are labels for schemata, or clusters of concepts a person develops through experience.

Instructional Procedures: Teachers need to know a variety of approaches for vocabulary instruction.

Special Words: Some types of words need attention from teachers because they can cause problems for students.