It is great to be able to take the time to plan for the new school year during the summer. This summer I have several plans that will help make the learning journey with my new second grade class more fun. Yesterday, I received a great book from Amazon that I am planning to use to introduce the concept of interesting words and the writing process to my students. It it called Max's Words by Kate Banks. It is a great book that features a little boy who wants to have a collection like his brothers do. His brothers will not share their stamp or coin collections with him so he decides he will create his own collection. He begins to cut out different words from magazines and newspapers. He starts with small words and moves on to bigger words, and then words that make him feel good. He collects words of things he likes to eat and his favorite colors. Then he uses the dictionary (great introduction to where our class dictionaries are located!) to find words he does not know. He begins to make sentences with his words to show his thoughts and as he starts to create a story with his thoughts, his brothers become interested and want to share in the story process. Do his brothers ever share their collections with him? I will let you read the end of the story to find out but I think this book will be a fun way to introduce important concepts at the beginning of the year. Do you have favorite books that you use to introduce concepts? I would love to hear about them! Leave a comment and share your thoughts.
On another note, I found some great Dr. Seuss reusable bags at Target for a dollar each. I bought 25 and will decide how I am going to use them as the journey continues...
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