Vocabulary Lesson on Winter

Winter Vocabulary

Although it may have been easier to generate vocabulary words which described winter last year, the children in reading class were asked to generate words which described the season in class this past winter.  

• The lesson began with the entire class brainstorming words and phrases which described summer. 

• Once the children understood the concept of "brainstorming" and how to do it as a group, they were instructed to go to their seats and brainstorm words and phrases which described winter on their own.  With a little teacher direction, the students were all able to generate their winter words in their journal.

• The boys and girls then put their words together to make a List Poem about winter.  They learned that a list poem did not need to rhyme. 

• Then they cut-out and decorated a snow man and filled their creation with their very own descriptive list poem:

Here are some photos of their completed pieces being displayed in the hallway:

Children Participating in The Mitten

Learning Vocabulary and How to Retell a Story:

We began by watching a video on the Smartboard in which the author Jan Brett read The Mitten aloud.

As the story was read aloud, the children held up the character or the vocabulary word which they were given prior to the reading.  Each vocabulary word was defined prior to the reading of The Mitten.

Upon Completing the read-alouds, the students then colored and cut out their own pictures of the story's characters, along with a giant paper mitten and proceeded to record themselves re-telling The Mitten into their iPad on their bookcreator app.  The children were encouraged to use the vocabulary and names of the characters in their retell.