The other day I had four of my 3rd graders copy "supercalifrag....ocious" which is 34 letters long, off the board to practice changing their focus near and far and from vertical to horizontal. I used a crazy long word to make it silly and exciting.
I'll probably occasionally use this list (between 27 and 45 letters) just so the kids have bragging rights of copying off the longest words in the dictionary, but I also like to have them copy names of things they like. One of my kids loves Pokemon and he knows when he sees me on a certain day of the week he can bring his Pokemon book and I'll use Pokemon characters as his board copying words. :)
Updated with a picture: The longest word in the dictionary is seen below, "pneumonoultramicrosilicovolcanoconiosis" which one of my 2nd graders did the other day! I think it's 84 letters...
Updated with a picture: The longest word in the dictionary is seen below, "pneumonoultramicrosilicovolcanoconiosis" which one of my 2nd graders did the other day! I think it's 84 letters...
3 comments:
This is such a fun idea! I think I will try this with some of my students.
This is a great idea! Thanks for sharing it! I will definitely use it with the children I work with in my handwriting clinic!
Abby, Katherine! Thanks so much, let me know what your kids think! I make a big deal out of how I bet no other kid in the school has ever done it and stuff...hope your kids like it :)
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