I try to do some kind of project with my kiddos every Friday afternoon. The problem is, this is the 2nd year I've taught most of them; so it's hard to come up with fresh ideas. The combination of the fact that we are reading a chapter book right now that I believe is essentially about words-how they can comfort you, inspire you-the teacher in the story calls them Wondrous Words. Plus the lessons on Martin Luther King, Jr. and his I Have a Dream Speech, I decided we would do a language arts lesson on how powerful words can be.
At first, I wasn't sure they were going to get it. And this is the first time I walked them through making a triorama rather than just making them myself-I think I got a few new gray hairs! :) However, some of their answers literally gave me goosebumps.
We made a mobile and I asked them to come up with 4 words that they considered powerful to hang from the triorama. Here's what they came up with:
What's cool about this is--- he is quoting inspirational videos we have watched in class.
worst, meanest, freedom, bold
Extreme Words
I love you, you are a good person
family, lovely, loveful, unique
Goosebumps, right?
Have you heard the analogy for putting in effort-that water boils at 212 degrees, at 211 nothing exciting happens-so you should put in the extra effort. Again a video clip she's applying here.
amazing, powerful
believe, wonderful, confident (love the illustration-we watched our school Spelling Bee that day), truth
This one made me laugh. They are obsessed with the word "Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious"! :)
We talked about how words that were mean could be powerful too.
justice
beautiful!
WOW! Some very strong words. One of the strongest is the shortest and quickest for many people to say - no. A reminder to think before saying no. Maria
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