Location: Douglass-Truth Library
Time: 5-7:30pm
Date: 4/15/15
Today I was a
lead for the early literacy activity. I prepared for the kids to make “silly
sentences.” I had five printed out lists of words and phrases. Each paper was
labeled 1-5. The instructions were for the kids to start in numerical order,
pick and write down one word (or set) from each sheet, and the end the
result would be a silly sentence. After
they had their silly sentence written down, they would then draw a picture to
accompany it.
The children were
intrigued from the start. They all had access to blank sheets of paper and art
supplies. As they began to create their sentences, they would take time to
critically think about what they wanted their sentence to say next. As they thought of the possibilities, they
were so amused and laughter ensued. One sentence example was “the happy lion
played cards with the grumpy penguin,” followed by an illustration. Not only did they create sentences, they
visualized what was being read too. The kids didn’t stop with one picture, many
walked away with a stack of papers that they made.
At the end, when
the session was slowing down they wanted to try origami. The only thing I knew
how to make was a paper airplane, so I taught them step by step how to make
them. We decorated them and had races outside. Willa knew how to make paper
cranes so we tried those as well.
Overall I believe
this EL activity was a success. Everyone was practicing writing words, sentence
structures, and visualizing. All these things were done with having fun! Even
some of the other student volunteers poked in and made their own. I think that
the children had a fun day and didn’t know they could have so much fun when
writing.
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