A few years ago, we sat in a Professional Development meeting faced with the challenge of bringing robust vocabulary to the forefront of our primary classroom. It seemed such a BIG task for such little brains, but one that we agreed was imperative to teaching today’s learners. We spent over a year planning, creating, testing, editing, and analyzing the implementation of our program, Big Brain Words, with our own students. What we discovered was, not only was implementing a purposeful, ... VIEW POST
Vocabulary Activities for Little Learners ~ Big Brain Words
Water Bottles in the Classroom
There are certain questions kids like to relentlessly occasionally ask over and over from time to time in the classroom. "Can I go to the bathroom?" and "Can I get a drink of water?" Can you relate? We tackled our bathroom procedure {here}, so today we're taking on the H20. We know full well that this is a loaded question and one that will most certainly cause an avalanche of askers...It's called the "Domino Effect" and primary students are experts...Olympians...World Champs, really. ... VIEW POST
Absent Friends Freebie
We can't believe we're thinking about absent students when we haven't even gone back to school yet!!! BUT... this is summertime and we find it's the best time for dumpin' the old and preppin' the new. We just gave our old "Absent Friend Folders" a lil' facelift (they are starting to droop after 10 years and Botox wasn't really an option). Here's How They Work: We keep a set of these folders where our kiddos can access them. If ... VIEW POST
Kindness Activity for Kids Compli-Mats
Teaching our primary students about compliments is highly important in our classroom. Of course it's always easier to point out what we don't like...But, we have found we have to purposefully teach our first graders how to see the good in one another by pointing out what they do like. So, we came up with an idea to teach our kids how to pay compliments to their classmates. Introducing...Compli-Mats! Get it? Compliments written on a 12x18 piece of construction paper, about the size of a place ... VIEW POST
Vocabulary Activities: Big Brain Words Set 2
Vocabulary activities are an integral part of our language arts reading and writing program. Word work activities give students opportunities to practice their vocabulary development strategies through interactive lessons and activities. Big Brain Words is the perfect program to teaching rich, robust vocabulary to your students all year long! Set 2 includes Big Brain Words and Activities for 5 Weeks *Bulletin Board Elements and Ideas *Vocabulary Posters with Definitions *Mini Vocabulary ... VIEW POST
Vocabulary Activities: Big Brain Words Set 5
Vocabulary word work activities are an integral part of our language arts reading and writing program. Word work gives students opportunities to practice their vocabulary development strategies through interactive lessons and activities. Big Brain Words is the perfect program to teaching rich, robust vocabulary to your students all year long! Set 5 includes Big Brain Words and Activities for 5 Weeks *Bulletin Board Elements and Ideas *Vocabulary Posters with Definitions *Mini Vocabulary ... VIEW POST
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