Word Collector

"Reach for your own words. 

Tell the world who you are and how you will make it better!"

-Peter Hamilton Reynolds

Today, we read the book "The Word Collector".

This is a beautiful book about a boy who collects 

words - words that sound neat, words that are meaningful,

words he loves to hear,

action words and many other kinds.

He then spreads his words from the top of 

a high hill for all the children to collect and enjoy.

We shared our favourite words too.

Some words students came up with were 

peace, thank you, fantastic,

dad, powerful, jelly

molasses, super and many, many more.

Students shared words from their home language and the meanings in English. 

It was lovely to hear

 other languages and to learn about how many 

languages are spoken in our classroom.

If your child speaks another language at home,

you may want to help them write on a post it

or small piece of paper

a favourite word from their language and we will share with the class and post it in our classroom.

As part of our reading strategies, expanding vocabulary - tuning into interesting words,

students will be able to post words they find interesting

as they are reading or listening to stories

and post them in our classroom.

This will help us really increase our vocabulary

and learn new words we can 

use to express ourselves.