Purpose:  Students will expand their vocabulary by choosing an interesting new vocabulary word, define it, write antonyms, synonyms and sentences and create a costume or hat that illustrates that word for a whole school celebration.

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“I thought it was fun because I got to learn a lot of new words and a bunch of people had cool costumes.”

 - Samantha 3rd grade

“I liked parading around the school because we got to see everyone’s words and costumes. It was fun to go into rooms that I’ve never been in before”.  - Maren 3rd grade

“Other people could learn new words from our words!” - Alyssa 2nd grade

“I thought it was fantabulicious because we got to be creative!”- Bayley 5th grade

“I think it was awesome because it expanded the minds of students and made learning fun.” –  Zach 5th grade

“I had a lot of fun learning about my word!”  - 3rd grade student