Get Creative with Adjectives!
I noticed this year that my students were using the same, boring adjectives ALL. THE. TIME. “How are you today?” I would ask. And without fail, I would get, “tired,” “good,” and “bad.” It didn’t matter that we had worked in quite a few more interesting words into stories, Motie Talks, and more. They were stuck in a rut and my ears were tired of it!
So, I bought a rainbow pack of card stock and started printing. The more words I printed, the more excited I became!
I printed two words on each piece of cardstock and cut them in half. Then I hung them around my room.
It is worth noting that I also banned the words tired, good, and bad.
The results have been amazing!! Students were immediately excited to see them and started playing around, making sentences that included as many adjectives as they could fit. Stories became much more interesting. Quite frankly, they have breathed new life into our stories and routines.
This was a super easy addition and the payoff has been wonderful!
Here is the link to the list I used. Please make a copy and add/delete as you desire!
Happy teaching!
I need to do this! Thank you for the great idea!
You're welcome! Good luck!