At the beginning of each class, I have a word of the day which is revealed through a quick drawing with the kids. This leads to discussion, new vocabulary and writing prompts. Best of all it’s a lot of fun. The starfish is also called the seastar; a more accurate name because it isn’t a fish.

The recorder is an instrument all students learn, so we worked on;

record - able

record - ing

re - record

record breaking.