My walls don't need much on them at the beginning of the year when I know this will be happening to them. For the first several weeks of school, the kids decorate our back door and wall with their trash. The point is to heighten their awareness of words they can already "read." What an important message to send, especially for those who didn't even know they were readers yet. What's even better is that the trash never ends up in the trash. When it comes down it finds itself in books that the kids love to read over and over again. It's the gift that keeps on giving. See what I mean here.
I love this idea! I do something similar. I have the kids bring in the wrappers, boxes, bags, etc., and after reading them, I use them for word family work. For example, I use the Captain "Crunch" box at the top of a piece of chart paper and then we add -unch words underneath. Corn "Pops" for -op words & "Rice" Crispies for -ice words. I'm sure you get the idea:) It's just a great way to teach kids that we can use what we know to help read and write words we don't know.
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Welcome To First Grade Room 5
Connie, that is a great way of using environmental print and helping kids make the link from known to unknown. :)
DeleteHa Ha I saw that picture on Pinterest then saw your post. What a fun/useful idea!
ReplyDeleteTammy, gotta love pinterest. Glad you like the idea too.
DeleteSo clever and what a great way for kids to see how easy reading can be. Super fabulous!
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Fluttering Through First Grade
Christy & Tammy, they sure do get a glimpse of the readers they already are! :)
DeleteSuch a vibrant display of words! I'm sure many will have more confidence in figuring out they can already read so many! :)
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Miss Trayers, it is vibrant, isn't it? It's kind of sad to see it come down and put into books. :)
DeleteI love environmental print! Your door and wall looks great and I bet your students can read and read from it!
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Conversations in Literacy
Lori, they sure can and sure will the rest of the year too!
DeleteI always just took it for granted that this was a kindergarten activity. Duh! It makes perfect sense to do this at the beginning of Grade 1 also. You have so many incredible ideas, Tammy. I really like the class book you made out of them, too!
ReplyDeleteBarb, the kids do really love bringing in the trash. I can only imagine the conversations at home as they search through the trash or the kitchen for trash that they can read and bring to school. :)
DeleteBeautiful. When I taught first grade, we added our "trash" to the appropriate letter on the word wall.
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Chickadee Jubilee
Laurie, there are so many options with the trash. Might as well use it to our advantage, huh? :)
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