Second Grade Word Jar

We finished our read aloud on Friday.  Donavan’s Word Jar, by Monalisa DeGross, is a delightful story about a boy who collects words. He amassed enough to fill a jar and was wondering what to do, get a bigger jar maybe?  The solution turned out to be a wonderful example of serendipity.  Ask any second grader about that word and the ending of the book!

During our post-book discussion a suggestion came forth, “We could have our own Word Jar!”  This was met with much excitement and a word jar was immediately created.

Here are the first word contributions to our collection:

Abracadabra : I like the way it sounds. -Miranda

Adventure: It makes me feel happy and excited. – Sophie H.

Bongo: It reminds me of my dad. -Kaitlyn

Compromise: It’s an important 2^nd grade word that was shared at Meeting for Worship. - Sandy

Combined : like the way it rolls off my tongue. -Alyson

Communicate:  I like the way it slides off my tongue. -GK

Extraterrestrial : It makes me feel grownup. -Oliver

Drums : It sounds weird. -Genevieve

Friends:  It is an important word. -Marcellus

Friendship:  It makes me feel important. -Jason

Gravity:  It makes me feel smart. -Neil

Giggles: I like the way it sounds. -Angela

Incline: It feels good in my mouth and it is good exercise if you walk up one.- Kieran

Kind: It makes me feel like a good friend. -Maura

Love:  I chose love because I love so many people. -Hayden

Metamorphosis: I learned it in 1^st grade in the butterfly study and I really like learning that. -Luc

Magnificent: I like the way it sounds. -Sophie K.

Rescue: I like the way it sounds. -Matthias

Shabbat: I can write it in Hebrew. -Orli

Shadow : It is the name of my cat and I love my cat. -Sarah Lynne

Similar:  I like the way you say it. -Maggie

Super: I like the way it slips off my tongue. -Brandon

Vernacular: It’s a word about words and it sounds important. -Betsy