Word Catcher/Table Talk

     Happy Monday! I've decided to switch things up for homework this week. You may have noticed a new section on the homework sheet called "table talk". Table talk is a wonderful way to expand your child's vocabulary and to reinforce what we have been doing at school.

Our word catcher-we've already "caught" about 50 fancy words!

     The last two weeks our kiddos have been expanding their vocabulary (or as Quinn so eloquently put it "growing the words we use everyday"). We have been reading a lot of Fancy Nancy books and looking for interesting and fancy words. When we come across one of these words, we put it on our word catcher. In order for our word to go on our word catcher our kids have to tell me what the word means. Fancy Nancy books are great because Nancy always gives us an explanation. For example today Izzie wanted to add the word aroma. When I asked her what it meant she told me "aroma is a fancy word for smell". 
      The kids have been having all kinds of fun collecting words and using the newly acquired words in their writing. I, of course, go a little crazy when they use one of our fancy words. If your kid came home last Thursday and Friday plastered in stickers-that was me making them fancy because they used a fancy word in their writing.
      Tonight during dinner when the whole family is at the table (or if you're a busy family when you are in the car driving between one of your many stops) your child will explain to you what their fancy word of the day means. They will then try to use it in a sentence. The kids were really excited today when I told them they could teach mom and dad a new word. Most of the kids think mom will already know the word but dad probably won't. I think we must have some fancy moms! ;)

Mrs. Ashley Daley-Creamer