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Burying Dead Words- 4th grade
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The words nice and stuff are overused, too, IMO.
I also think students use the word then too much in their writing as well. Teaching students other sequence words would help with that problem!
The words nice and stuff are overused, too, IMO.
I also think students use the word then too much in their writing as well. Teaching students other sequence words would help with that problem!
we did it too
I teach First Grade.
I made a headstone and wrote...
R.I.P
good
like
fun
Then we came up with words that we could use, for example, adore, excitement, ect. Then we wrote them next to the headstone. My kids notice the dead words, esp. when I read them in a book. They said, the author used it too much, it needs to be...
It's great!
I teach First Grade.
I made a headstone and wrote...
R.I.P
good
like
fun
Then we came up with words that we could use, for example, adore, excitement, ect. Then we wrote them next to the headstone. My kids notice the dead words, esp. when I read them in a book. They said, the author used it too much, it needs to be...
It's great!
nuhusker98
Full Member
I changed to...
I used to always do this with my fifth graders, at the beginning of the year, until the day I had one of my big, tough boys break down in heaving sobs. Turns out that his grandfather that he was very close with had passed away over the summer, and couldn't handle the idea of burying anything, even words. So, from then on I have a retirement party at the beginning of the year to retire:
nice
said,
fun,
good,
bad.
We also at that time brainstorm lists for walk, run, happy, important, think, and pretty.
I used to always do this with my fifth graders, at the beginning of the year, until the day I had one of my big, tough boys break down in heaving sobs. Turns out that his grandfather that he was very close with had passed away over the summer, and couldn't handle the idea of burying anything, even words. So, from then on I have a retirement party at the beginning of the year to retire:
nice
said,
fun,
good,
bad.
We also at that time brainstorm lists for walk, run, happy, important, think, and pretty.
Jennifer in OK
Senior Member
Graveyard Words
I did this back around Halloween. I made a graveyard with 4 headstones - good, bad, sad, and mad. I hear these words so much when I ask how did the character feel. I had the students brainstorm synonyms on their own and we made them spirits/ghosts coming out of the gravestones. The kids loved it and the literacy coach at my school has shared it with other teachers in my district.
I did this back around Halloween. I made a graveyard with 4 headstones - good, bad, sad, and mad. I hear these words so much when I ask how did the character feel. I had the students brainstorm synonyms on their own and we made them spirits/ghosts coming out of the gravestones. The kids loved it and the literacy coach at my school has shared it with other teachers in my district.