Yopp and Yopp's article " Ten Important Words Plus: A Strategy for Building Word Knowledge" provides teachers with a way to hone in on material classes are reading. Their strategy of having students independently find the ten most important words it ensures that all students are fully reading the passage. It also checks for understanding and allows time for students to read at different speeds which would be very beneficial in an inclusive classroom. This is also a very adaptable strategy. Yopp and Yopp's suggest some places to go once the bar graph is constructed but that could very greatly depending on the class. You could even task students with how they feel the ten most common words could be best demonstrated and build off their ideas. The best part about this strategy is that it fully engages students and encourages to really go through passages in order to gain what is most important.
I also thought this was a good activity. While it may not be the best for very young readers, it can be adapted for younger than the examples they used. This is important for me as an early childhood educator.
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