I'm trying to incorporate notebooks into my classroom this year. I have ideas for math, science, and ss...but I am having a really hard time coming up with ideas for my reading notebook. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
I do balanced literacy and use them a lot. Some ideas:
1. Have the kids "free write" each day 2. Have kids respond to read aloud a. 3. Have kids write down what good readers do. 4. Have kids write letters, advertisements, types of text 5. Write summaries of their latest read and story elements.
>> Basically I am looking for a catchy title for the
> board...
I have something similar...my board is titled "Sparkle Words."
On one side I'll put the word "cool" On the other sides I'll put "Sparkle Words" include: Amazing, fascinating, remarkable, ingenious, impressive and admirable.
We add words weekly and at the end of the year we usually end up with at least 20 "retired" words and add a great many new words to vocabularies.
What you're describing is not about grammar - the rules of the language - but about using language. "Say it Differently", "Say Something New" -
but it can be helpful to give them alternatives. It's one thing to tell them what not to write - as in 'went is spent' but it's another thing to give them some ideas of what to use instead. "He ambled slowly away", She strolled to the store one morning.
"Try This Instead" as a title for the board? I agree with you the cemetery idea is a bit morbid and the retirement home has a certain lackluster feel to it as well. If we want them to read our boards and use what's on them, the boards and their titles need to be inviting not depressing or dull.
Good luck with this. I'm going to borrow your phrases 'went is spent' and 'said is dead'.
I like the phrases you've been given ' - went is spent - > WOW- I have not posted on this board in a few years! But > here goes... > I am going to do a bulletin board on tiresome words that > should not be used so > often by my budding writers. I got one idea from Pintrest > entitled " said is > dead" where kids can come up with multiple synonyms for > said. I also will use > "went is spent," and look for suggestions like ambled, > strolled, etc. to express > how someone or something moves. > Basically I am looking for a catchy title for the > board...first I thought of a > word cemetery, but think that theme may be a bit too > depressing. I also > thought of the "overused word retirement home" - again I > must be PC in > choosing...and we all know that most everything can be > deemed offensive to some. > Ay ideas? > This is 5th grade. >
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Hi Denise,
I do balanced literacy and use them a lot. Some ideas:
1. Have the kids "free write" each day 2. Have kids respond to read aloud a. 3. Have kids write ...See More