CHOICE LITERACY 2012

1. It's a strange world of language in
which skating on thin ice can get
you into hot water.
~Franklin P. Jones

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3. Word Learners
*When we read—when we get to a new word and we use strategies to figure out how to say them or what they mean
*When we can read words without thinking—common words that we used to have to sound out but now we just know
them
*When we have strategies that help us figure out long words in our reading
*When we hear or read a word we’ve never known before
*When we wonder what a word means when we hear/see it when we talk, read, watch a movie, etc.
*When we start using new words we’ve heard
*When we love the way a word sounds like whimsical
*When we are writing and we have to think about the spelling of a word
*When we are writing and we try to use really good words
*When we are writing and getting our ideas down with words
*When we hear or use our favorite words
*When we check our work for spelling and to see if it makes sense
*When we use things like the dictionary or the walls to help us
*When we learn words in different languages that are like words in English
*When we figure out how to make animal sounds into words
*When we understand words that are specific to something like soccer
*When we study or practice words that are hard for us
*When we try new strategies for reading and writing words
*When we make up new words
*When we can understand what our parents are saying when they are spelling something so that we don’t understand

4. Word Learners-Reading
• When we read—when we get to a new word and we use strategies to
figure out how to say them or what they mean
• When we can read words without thinking—common words that we
used to have to sound out but now we just know them
• When we have strategies that help us figure out long words in our
reading
• When we hear or read a word we’ve never known before
• When we wonder what a word means when we hear/see it when we
talk, read, watch a movie, etc.

5. Word Learners-Writing
• *When we start using new words we’ve heard
• *When we love the way a word sounds like whimsical
• *When we are writing and we have to think about the
spelling of a word
• *When we are writing and we try to use really good words
• *When we are writing and getting our ideas down with
words
• *When we hear or use our favorite words

6. Word Learners-
Spelling and Editing
• When we check our work for spelling and to see if
it makes sense
• When we use things like the dictionary or the
walls to help us
• When we study or practice words that are hard for
us
• When we try new strategies for reading and
writing words

7. Word Learners-Behaviors
• When we use things like the dictionary or the walls to help us
• When we learn words in different languages that are like words in
English
• When we figure out how to make animal sounds into words
• When we understand words that are specific to something like soccer

8. Word Savvy by Max Brand

9. Having Fun
With Words
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10. Starbucks Size Info
Sizes
Short 8 oz. The smallest size Starbucks offers, but you'll probably only get this size if you ask for it by name; anyone asking for a
"small" will get a Tall, which is the smallest size for which the prices are actually on the menu. Only hot drinks can be served in the
Short size.
Tall 12 oz. This is what you'll get if you ask for a "small" drink.
Grande 16 oz. This is the "medium" size. Pronounced "GRAWN-day."
Venti 20 oz. hot, 24 oz. cold. For some reason the iced Venti cups hold four more ounces; for this reason, Venti espresso drinks have
an extra shot of espresso in them, and cost a few cents more than their hot equivalents. Pronounced "VENN-tee," and reportedly
means twenty in Italian.
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11. Word Play Hunt

12. Word Play
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13. Subject: Fw: Sad News for doughboy
Sad News
Please join me in remembering a great
icon of the entertainment community.
The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday
of a yeast infection and trauma
complications from repeated pokes in
the belly. He was 71.
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14. Doughboy was buried in a lightly
greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities
turned out to pay their respects,
including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry
Jack, the California Raisins, Betty
Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies, and
Captain Crunch. The grave site was
piled high with flours.
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15. Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and
lovingly described Doughboy as a man
who never knew how much he was
kneaded. Doughboy rose quickly in show
business, but his later life was filled with
turnovers.He was not considered a very
smart cookie, wasting much of his dough
on half-baked schemes. Despite being a
little flaky at times, he still was a crusty
old man and was considered a positive roll
model for millions.
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16. Doughboy is survived by his wife Play
Dough, three children: John Dough, Jane
Dough and Dosey Dough, plus they had
one in the oven. He is also survived by his
elderly father, Pop Tart. The funeral was
held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.
If this made you smile for even a brief
second, please rise to the occasion and
take time to pass it on and share that smile
with someone else who may be having a
crumby day and kneads a lift .
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17. Ralph Fletcher
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22. Catching the Word Play
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25. Starting the
Year with
Word Play
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50. Routines and
Tools
in the
Classroom:
The First Six
Weeks
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51. Word Work Tools
Spiral Minilessons
Notebook
Have-A-Go Sheet
Snippets Notebook
High Frequency
Words
Personal Word Wall
Editing Sheets
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52. What do you notice?
multiplication
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53. Spelling Assessment Folder
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54. Words Their Way Inventory
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56. Word Observation

58. Have-A-Go

65. Poetry Friday!

67. !
A Poetry
Picnic!

68. Poetry Tag
on the
Kindle

69. List Poetry

70. Playing with
Words

71. Food Poetry

72. Mini-Lessons
To Support Word Work
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73. Collaborative Poem
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74. Collaborative Poem
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75. • benches waiting for people
• the trees are moving all around
• a nest in a tree is in a battle for life or
death
• bushes barely moving
• there is a birdhouse
• Colorful
• shrubs weeping
• tulips peeking
• I saw a splash of pink and yellow
• red, yellow, pink
• the tree is waving hi
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76. One Version
Plants
the trees are moving all around
bushes barely moving
splashes of green
shrubs weeping
and
tulips peeking
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77. Tanka Tanka Skunk!
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78. When Riddles Come
Rumbling
Cuddled in
a plastic sack,
I’m cherry red
or charcoal black-
I have no feet,
no thumbs,
no toes--
just chewy ropes
in braided
rows.

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80. An Egg is Quiet
“An egg is clever.”
An egg might be
speckled to
resemble the rocks
around it….

81. My Mother’s Voice
Her voice
is the sun
lighting
my day,
ever changing
with her
feelings,
yet ever
the same.

82. Welcome, Precious
Welcome to the silk of
grass,
the satin of rose
petals,
and the squish of sand
between your toes.

83. What do you notice?
You may not be able to taste
a cupcake by standing on it,
but a butterfly can!
The Butterfly’s Life by Irene Kelly
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86. Away to the beach!
a day to remember
As the day begins, the beach is empty, waiting to be filled.
Seagulls pull their heads tight into their shoulders and watch everyone leave.
Some wade in an inch…at…a…time.
Waves are nature’s roller coaster.
A couple of boys drip a sand castle.
Waves crash into them.
rolling dunes and crashing waves
The clouds race across the shore.
rocks as big as trucks
A boy and a girl ride their parents in a crab race.
waves come in hills and valleys
boisterous and loud
As the sun sets, the clouds change color.
Sunbathers lie side-by-side—flicking sand, swatting flies, dabbing sweat, turning pages, flipping from
their fronts to their backs.
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87. As the day begins, the
beach is empty, waiting
to be filled.
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90. Real Revision by Kate Messner
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91. Word Choice in Headlines

93. Content
Specific
Vocabulary
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109. Big Bigger Biggest
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111. Reading Group on Fluency
•Student initiated
•Student goals
•Student directed (What
about reading aloud is
challenging?
•Charted “Words That
Stump Us”

112. Assessment
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113. Error Analysis in Writing

116. High Frequency Words in Writing

117. Words in Context

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121. Series of Unfortunate Events

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125. Throwing Marshmallows
•Learning can only happen when a child is
interested. If he’s not interested it’s like throwing
marshmallows at his head and calling it eating.
Anonymous, Throwing Marshmallows Blog