Word choice

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I really like these words. They just...*sound* nice.

We have been talking a lot about words that are pebbles and words that are ROCKS. A word that is a pebble does not tip the scale like a rock...

Adjectives and words to describe a mother can help to reflect, articulate feelings and emotions and can help to

Teaching shades of meaning has been game-changing for my student's writing! Strengthening vocabulary and word choice makes this a must!

when we talk to our kids about knowing themselves as a reader, especially at the beginning of the year when we’re working to build reading identities, we reveal some details about ourselves a…

Retired Words Anchor Chart Making better word choices in writing makes for better writing. It's really easy to get in the habit of using the same words over and over again, even as adults! Create a list of old words with new choices and put those boring words into retirement! Materials: Personal Reading Book Paper & Pencil Thesaurus/Dictionary Total Time: 25-40 minutes Directions: 1. Have students scan a few pages of their personal reading book and have them pick out descriptive words. After…

this better words chart is a way that we can build off of a word and make it stronger. it would be another vocabulary builder for students. instead of saying this is "bad" students can use another word for bad to make their vocabulary stronger. teachers can do this with many words to broaden their student's vocab