This week, we are growing our everyday vocabulary and adding rich language to our compositions. Today, we "laid our ordinary words to rest" and vowed to honor them by using their sparkling synonyms from now on. Yes, SAID is now DEAD. Why settle for said when we can be powerfully precise with words like whispered, muttered, questioned, and screamed?
We also practiced using "red flag words" (transition words) to guide our readers through the sequence of our writing. Go ahead and play a transition ball game at home tonight. (We played in class today.) Take turns telling a story from beginning to and use your best transitions to move through time. Use vivid word choice and have fun as