Today I read the book Max's Words to the class. The book is about a boy who wants to start collecting things like his older brothers, and he decides he wants to collect words. He ends up cutting single words out of magazines, newspapers, etc. until his room is covered. He then finds out that if he puts the words together, he can make wonderful sentences that lead to a super story. The class was so excited about it that we decided we wanted to start collecting words and see what we can create with them. So the students decided they would like to start cutting out individual words, all different kinds, shapes, and colors, to bring in. We will see how many we have by next Friday. If we need more, we will go for one more week. If not, we will see what kind of story we can create......simply from the power of words. (A valuable lesson for writers). So, please remind your 3B child to do his/her part hunting and cutting out words that can be brought in each day. I will have a container that they can put the words in every morning.
Thanks for your cooperation and support. This is a wonderful activity that pulls together our discussions about how writers get ideas and how words/sentences can be powerful (besides a little review on making descriptive sentences). The students are very, very, excited!
Have fun!
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