My student teacher was required to do a family event! So I reached out to the amazing Eric Litwin and Debbie Clement for some assistance!!! They did not disappoint!!!
Eric Litwin sent posters and stickers and a book for a door prize!!
We bought Pete the Cat Books for the children to take home with them and to read to their families!
They set the room up with books and book marks and activities for the kids to do!
Debbie sent us an amazing video about the importance to read and she sang her book Tall Giraffe!!
They listened to the book The Nuts : Bedtime at the Nut House
Here is our door prize winner!! He was so excited!!
As you have heard, engagement is key! We need to try to engage our kids as much as possible when we are teaching them the skills they will need in order to read and write! In order to learn anything!!!
When I went to the Get Your Teach On National Conference in San Diego (post to come soon) I learned so many new ways to engage my kids!
One way that stuck was by having them be detectives!!! And can I say my kids loved it!! Thank you Deanna Jump!!!!
The first thing I did was create their official detective reading tool kits!!
Then we began our mission! We learned how to close read to find facts and important information! They had official detective hats and used their kits!!! They loved it!!!
So what is rock your school? It is a day where educators all across the country and even around the world, taught their kids using some interactive and engaging way!!
My kids were rockers!! We were all rockers!!
To set the tone, they all got a back stage pass that they wore around their necks with our school lanyards! And I had a special back stage sectionnset up for them to get their pictures taken with a blow up instrument!!!’
We read a special book and talked about all the things that rocking readers do!
We sang our song about reading! It is sung to the tune of. Aerosmith’s Dream On!
We read along with our special reading guitar picks! We also talked about what rxkingnwriters do and write about being rocking readers and writers!
Do you dislike teaching your Littles vocabulary? Is this an area that you struggle in? Do you feel your ways are dry?
Well, let me tell you, I have had the privilege to try a program that is absolutely amazing!! Mrs. wordsmith is a vocabulary program that makes vocabulary fun and interesting.
Here is what you get in the kit:
Here is the box! I just love the cartoons used to help the kiddos see and understand the word that you are introducing and teaching!
So when you open the box you will see...........
The inside cover which has the various characters that are used to teach the vocabulary words!
Then inside the box itself you will see.........
The binder that has sections with all the words and the characters that you will be teaching. The vocabulary cards that are grouped by topic and then along the bottom are the boxes of vocabulary trading cards. These are small versions of the vocabulary cards!
My kids love this program! They are learning about word pairs and synonyms and how to use these new words throughout the day in both their speech and their writing.
Here is what the vocabulary cards look like.
This is the front! Don’t you love the picture! I love how the picture is detailed and brightly colored. This captures their attention and they are drawn to it. I also like how the vocabulary word is large and bold!!!
Here is the back! It has the vocabulary word with synonyms and word pairs! My kids learned quickly the difference!!
They love doing these together!!!
Here are the vocabulary trading cards! I put the ones we have done in a container in the writing area. This makes them accessible to them while they are writing so they can use the words that we are learning.
I also hang the cards up that we have learned. I laminate them first and then hang them up so they can see them. Kids learn from items that are hanging on the walls!! Making these words accessible increases their vocabulary and their internalization of these words!!
The back of the small cards have a sampling of synonyms and word pairs!!
My kids are doing great identifying word pairs and synonyms. Here are some samples from one of our lessons!
I love how focused they are identifying the word pairs and synonyms and while writing the definition on their paper!
These lessons are just minutes long and do not take much time out of your schedule! The colorful pictures and pace makes these lessons not only enjoyable but meaningful!
Here is a video of a lesson!
This program will soon be available in a classroom kit with a teachers guide!!! This program should be available in the spring!!! Mrs.wordsmith is doing so many amazing things to bring vocabulary alive for our students!!!!!!
Here is a code for you to use to purchase this awesome set for $45.00 off. Just type MRSPRICE45 in the discount box when ordering. (expires January 31) and make sure you click below to take you to their site to check this program out and to order it at the discounted rate!
