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With a Professional Development School, college interns conducted an inquiry project with struggling first graders to learn required sight vocabulary. The inquiry project explored the use of American Sign Language to facilitate their sight word acquisition. In this article, rationale and research for vocabulary instruction and for using ASL to enhance sight word acquisition will be provided before presenting the background and procedures used in implementing this strategy. Lastly, the results and reflections ofthis inquiry project will be shared.  \nRationale and Research—The why of vocabulary instruction  \nVocabulary has long been viewed  \nas an important element in reading comprehension, although it has come in and out of vogue over the last 50 years. More recently, there has been a refocus on promoting vocabulary development with students because of its effect on comprehension (Dalton & Grisham, 2011) . The vocabulary-comprehension connection is clear and well supported by research (Beck, McKeown, & Kucan, 2008; Blachowicz & Fisher, 2006). The more words youngsters know, the more connections, concepts, and schema they can bring to the comprehension process (Stahl & Nagy, 2006; Newman & Dwyer, 2009) . It stands to reason, therefore, that reading success is greatly influenced by the size of a student’s vocabulary bank.  \nVocabulary size in first grade is a strong predictor for reading comprehension throughout a child’s school career (Cunningham & Stanovich, 1997) . Researchers have shown that the strongest readers at age 10 have heard 45 million words  \nfrom birth to age 3. In contrast, those youngsters who were lower performing readers were reported to have heard 13 million words (Hart & Risley, 1995). This disturbing fact illustrates a dramatic difference in the auditory word banks of children, especially children who experience reading difficulties. Of increasing concern is the vocabulary difference seen between high and low SES students (Marzano, Pickering, & Pollack, 2001) . It is a real issue as low SES youngsters are entering school with half the word bank their higher SES counterparts have (Cunningham & Stanovich, 1997) . This concern is supported by findings reported in Scarborough’s (1998) two-year meta-analysis of 61 studies where a significant correlation between kindergarten vocabulary acquisition and reading achievement was noted. Realizing how powerfully vocabulary knowledge affects comprehension, teachers of young readers are well aware of the importance of working with youngsters on vocabulary acquisition.  \nThe primary objective for vocabulary development is to increase the conceptual network for words, but it is felt that not every  \nSRATE Journal Summer 2011, Vol. 20, Number 2 Page 31  \nword has to be thoroughly and completely known for a student to have at least some measure of understanding (Greenwood & Flanigan, 2007) . Some words such as the, can, and is may not carry much meaning but are so frequently used that students need to know them automatically as they read so that comprehension isn’t hindered. These are called sight words, and accurate recognition of these can greatly facilitate fluency. The more fluent readers are, the less cognitive energy they spends on decoding, leaving more to spend on comprehension. That’s why sight word proficiency is often an instructional focus in the primary grades.  \nRationale and Research—The how of vocabulary instruction  \nThe issue is not whether or not to teach vocabulary but how to teach it. Synthesizing the research on teaching vocabulary, effective best practices include the following (Newman & Dwyer, 2009; Flynt & Brozo, 2008; Beck, McKeown, & Kucan, 2008; Lawrence, 2001):  \n• Provide multiple exposures and lots of practice  \n• M","cbCaipyKfWhVXltI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipyKfWhVXltI","pdf",648353,"English","# Signing for Success: Using American Sign Language to Learn Sight Vocabulary\n## The why of vocabulary instruction\n## The how of vocabulary instruction\n## American Sign Language (ASL): What is it - Why use it?","[{\"question\":\"Why is vocabulary instruction important for reading success?\",\"answer\":\"The article explains that vocabulary knowledge strongly supports reading comprehension, with research showing a clear vocabulary-comprehension connection. 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