Donavan’s Word Jar
By Monalisa De Gross
DeGross, M (1994). Donavan's word jar. New York, NY: First Harper Trophy.
Donavan’s Word Jar is a fantastic chapter book about a young boy named Donavan who has an extremely interesting hobby he takes part in, word collecting. Donavan tells the reader that he puts words that he sees or hears around him on a piece of paper that is then tucked safely into his word jar. Donavan runs into the problem of his word jar becoming too full and he needs to find a way to keep his words, yet make more room for new words! After asking a variety of his closest family members and friends for a solution, Donavan’s problem becomes solved in a non-traditional way as he visits his Grandmother at her nursing home, one rainy afternoon.
By Monalisa De Gross
DeGross, M (1994). Donavan's word jar. New York, NY: First Harper Trophy.
Donavan’s Word Jar is a fantastic chapter book about a young boy named Donavan who has an extremely interesting hobby he takes part in, word collecting. Donavan tells the reader that he puts words that he sees or hears around him on a piece of paper that is then tucked safely into his word jar. Donavan runs into the problem of his word jar becoming too full and he needs to find a way to keep his words, yet make more room for new words! After asking a variety of his closest family members and friends for a solution, Donavan’s problem becomes solved in a non-traditional way as he visits his Grandmother at her nursing home, one rainy afternoon.
This story is a phenomenal way to begin the year, in vocabulary study, for any age group. After reading the story to your class, the teacher should introduce the classes own “word jar.” Students are asked to pay attention to new words that they read in stories, hear in daily language, or see within the environment while they are on a car ride. The youngsters should then put these new words into the word jar to share with the class. At the start of each week, the teacher should pull five of the student-chosen words from the word jar to study. This practice enables students to gain a better understanding of words around them, while making them feel that they, as a class, are in charge of what they are learning.
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