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We must be sure we provide very powerful instruction in vocabulary to help poor and minority children “close the gap” by third grade

There are 26 letters to learn

There are 44 phonemes to worry about

There are 8,400 “root” words to know

Powerful instruction in vocabulary helps prepare children to understand the increasingly complex text they encounter beginning about third grade

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