Destination Post Card - Every student in this class will be able to read every sight word on the 100 word list by the end of first grade!


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  1. Lucie deLaBruereFebruary 14, 2020 at 12:53 AM

    The playful characters and your challenge to think wanna be 'like the big kids' definitely speaks to the elephant while your structured objective certainly grabbed the part of us who wants accountability, and what an amazing bright spots! I think your destination postcard could have everyone (kids, parents, colleagues, jumping on board to this destination.

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  2. UnknownFebruary 14, 2020 at 8:40 PM

    This is a really great postcard that shows how you'll engage the different aspects of rider, path, and elephant! I love the way it is broken down and that the end goal is not only to learn a concrete number of words, but to also bring those words into the 2nd grade!

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  3. RachaelFebruary 15, 2020 at 4:19 PM

    I love this and am impressed by your artistic talent. Your destination reminds me much of the teacher in Chapter 3 of Switch who called her students "scholars" and told them they'd be 3rd grade readers. It is highly motivating for our young readers and writers to see themselves as such, and looks like you're well on that track. Well done!

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  4. LisaFebruary 20, 2020 at 3:30 PM

    Wow! This awesome in more ways than one! You have great artistic talent and made this postcard so fun! In all seriousness, you took a fairly "uninteresting" goal and turned into something that seems so exciting! I imagine that your readers would be much more motivated. Have you used any of this yet with your students?

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