The teacher has this chart by their rug for whole group choral reading work. The popcorn word, see, was placed by the chart, Jack. The children said, “See our chart!” The popcorn word will be moved to the window soon as in ‘see out the window.’
This is the interactive chart in the same classroom that will be used later in the week. The line, “This is Jack in pieces small.” does not have a small pumpkin YET because the teacher did not read and complete this activity with the students at the time of the picture. The teacher and the students will cut the pumpkin into little pieces together.Filed under: choral reading, interactive charts, poems Tagged: | choral reading, interactive reading, Poetry
“What is a “Popcorn Word”?
I refer to popcorn words several times on this site, if you want to put it in my search engine. Also, Pat Cunningham and Dottie Hall who developed Building Blocks to teach Kindergarten call High Frequency words, “Popcorn Words” because these words keep popping up ALL THE TIME LIKE POPCORN. The children pop them all over the classroom. The children might place ‘the’ by the door. The children might place ‘see’ by see out the window. The purpose of placing the high frequency words around the classroom is to build meaning. It is exciting when the children give a tour of their meaning based learning.