Each day a member of the Room 221 community is the "Word Wizard." The Word Wizard collects new words that he/she hears when the class is in a lesson, listening to a story, or having a discussion. At the end of the day, many of the words are shared. They are then put in our word jar. (Ask your child about the chapter book "Donovan's Word Jar" by, Monalisa Degross.)
Every week the class will vote on one word to highlight. This word will be placed in large letters on the wall for all children to see. We will challenge ourselves to use the highlighted words whenever possible. This will make the words part of our standard vocabulary.
I plan to post on the blog each time we choose new words so you can try using the words at home!I will post the third grade definitions that we came up with.
Last week's word was:
serendipity - a happy accident
This week's word is:
extinct - a group of animals that no longer exist because they all died out
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