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The more words we know, the more likely we are to be able to make sense of what we read and share our thinking with others. Words reflect the concepts and background knowledge we have gained thus far in life. Importantly, our vocabulary continues to grow throughout our lives. While we were writing this book, 370 words were added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Someone can now say that Nancy is adorkable, and we know what that means. We also know that altcoins are becoming increasingly common, and there are any number of news stories about cryptocurrency. Importantly, we don’t learn words, we learn concepts. Words are the labels for the concepts we have acquired. We have an image of what adorkable means because we’ve experienced it, and perhaps Nancy exemplifies it, but now we have a label for it.  \nYes, our vocabularies continue to grow over our lifetimes. But it’s not just that new words are being added to our language on a regular basis. As our experiences grow, so does the terminology that we use to understand and share those experiences.  \nUnlike some of the constrained skills (e. g. , phonics and fluency) that have a ceiling effect, meaning that once they are learned there is no additional growth, vocabulary isunconstrained. Our word knowledge grows and expands and doesn’t seem to have an upper limit. In other words, vocabulary learning is important from the time we are born  \nthroughout the rest of our lives. And vocabulary instruction is worth our time (e. g. , Nation, 2021) .  \nIt is also interesting to note that missing a single idea (word or phrase) can interfere with our understanding. Before we provide you with examples, we want to comment on the misuse of assessments of vocabulary (and comprehension) to estimate reading proficiency. In 1946, Betts introduced a reading level framework that has remained remarkably entrenched for the last seven decades. He estimated that reading a text independently required that readers recognize words with 99 to 100 percent accuracy and correctly answer comprehension questions with 90 to 100 percent success. Further, he estimated that it would be frustrating for readers when their accuracy dipped below 90 percent, and their ability to answer comprehension questions was less than  \n50 percent. He theorized that a student’s instructional level, then, was the sweet spot between the two: accuracy of 95 to 99 percent and comprehension at 75 to 89 percent. It just turns out that he was wrong. There are numerous studies that show that readers can access complex texts with appropriate scaffolds (e. g. , Shanahan, 2019a) and that a single idea can completely interfere with understanding. Here are two examples.  \nSomeya recently turned 18 and was excited to share a letter she received. She was offered a credit card with a $500 limit. 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