The Fluctuating Fleet of Floating Flotsam and Other Adventures in Word Roots
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At Frog Hollow, we often start the day with a word family, sometimes a spelling family but usually a word root. I'll throw up a big list of words from that root, some familiar, some awesomely new, and then we'll take five minutes to write a sentence or two using at least one -- but sometimes even all -- of the words. This gives the kids a chance to engage with the words creatively and to bring them into their own writing vocabulary. And sometimes they write very funny things.
The Fluctuating Fleet of Floating Flotsam and Other Adventures in Word Roots
The Fluctuating Fleet of Floating Flotsam and…
The Fluctuating Fleet of Floating Flotsam and Other Adventures in Word Roots
At Frog Hollow, we often start the day with a word family, sometimes a spelling family but usually a word root. I'll throw up a big list of words from that root, some familiar, some awesomely new, and then we'll take five minutes to write a sentence or two using at least one -- but sometimes even all -- of the words. This gives the kids a chance to engage with the words creatively and to bring them into their own writing vocabulary. And sometimes they write very funny things.
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