Our mentor author is Jan Brett. We have been using her books to “tune in” to juicy words, make story mountains, and to pay attention to quotation marks. We have officially “trashed” the word: said. The kids have been on juicy word searches and have come up with many alternatives. They have even found many other words to expand our vocabulary.
I was so impressed with the stories that are being written in your second grade classroom! The words the kids chose to use made me want to read more of their stories! Keep up the good writing, second graders!!