Why+Vocabulary?

== = = = “When we read, it is through words that we build, refine, and modify our knowledge. What makes vocabulary valuable and important are not the words themselves so much as the understandings they afford.” = = = = --Marilyn Jager Adams = = CCSS, Appendix A =

= "If you read and study Adams’s work, you will note that she distills achievement to its basic elements: the more you read, the greater your vocabulary. The greater your vocabulary, the better you read. The better you read, the more you comprehend. The more you comprehend, the broader your knowledge base, and the broader your knowledge base, the more you can achieve. Therefore, on a rudimentary level, achievement is dependent on vocabulary." = = = = --Paige Jaeger =