Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Florence Elementary presented the third annual Vocabulary Parade that involved the entire school.
The students were assigned a general academic vocabulary word, for which families helped design a costume. The assigned word had to be on the costume or poster. The students and their families became very creative in demonstrating the content of their word. One student wore paper meat balls in her hair to go along with her word “Spaghetti.” Other words that were displayed included absorb, mysterious, twinkling, boiling point and many more.
The hallways were packed with the students’ parents proudly watching their child pass by, dressed to illustrate their vocabulary word. Many of the teachers also participated by dressing up as a word. The Special Area teachers dressed as the Angry Birds; each illustrating a synonym for “angry.” Two fifth grade teachers dressed as a numerator and a denominator. One gets on the other shoulders, add a fraction bar and Voila! A fraction!
A vocabulary word hall will be created with some of the many words presented during the parade. The parade was a fun learning way to increase the student’s vocabulary knowledge.