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[1] The program includes vocabulary words selected from widely referenced English word lists including the Harrison-Jacobson, Francis Kucera, Dolch, and Fry BasicWords of the English Language. [2] Research shows that students should betaught words that they encounter often in print.The National Reading Panel (NRP, 2000) reportsthat the more thoroughly students learn highutility words, the better they will be ableto comprehend text that contains these orsimilar words. [3] Research shows that students should betaught words that they encounter often in print.The National Reading Panel (NRP, 2000) reportsthat the more thoroughly students learn highutility words, the better they will be ableto comprehend text that contains these orsimilar words. Student mastery of these words is reinforced as they see these words in print.Since the words are characteristic of a core set of word families, the learning of one word unlocks themeaning of many other new words. [0] 
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