Helping students expand their vocabulary in a fun class activity is a dream come true. Grab this freebie to have your class participate in a great group activity. This blog post helps combine reading and writing into a fun game helping students with their visualization and enhancing their writing through similes and incredible adjectives. {Freebie, writing, reading}
This year, I’ve been working to integrate multiple subjects into our daily activities.  Today, I want to quickly share a fun activity that is perfect for both reading and writing.  Our reading strategy this week is visualization, and we began writing personal narratives last week.  I wanted an activity that would introduce visualization, yet give my students a chance to enhance their writing.  
Helping students expand their vocabulary in a fun class activity is a dream come true. Grab this freebie to have your class participate in a great group activity. This blog post helps combine reading and writing into a fun game helping students with their visualization and enhancing their writing through similes and incredible adjectives. {Freebie, writing, reading}
I placed a bag in each corner of my classroom and divided my students into four random groups.  Each group pulled out their object and used their visualizing tubes to really scope out the mystery object inside their bag.  They used the graphic organizer to describe how the object looked, tasted, felt, smelled, and sounded.  
Helping students expand their vocabulary in a fun class activity is a dream come true. Grab this freebie to have your class participate in a great group activity. This blog post helps combine reading and writing into a fun game helping students with their visualization and enhancing their writing through similes and incredible adjectives. {Freebie, writing, reading}
After several minutes, we all returned to our seats and took turns describing each of the objects.  While each group shared their description, the students at their seats were attempting to draw what was being described aloud.  
Helping students expand their vocabulary in a fun class activity is a dream come true. Grab this freebie to have your class participate in a great group activity. This blog post helps combine reading and writing into a fun game helping students with their visualization and enhancing their writing through similes and incredible adjectives. {Freebie, writing, reading}
Some of their visualizations were spot on {number two was the sand paper block}, while others were way off {number one should have been a scarf}.  
Helping students expand their vocabulary in a fun class activity is a dream come true. Grab this freebie to have your class participate in a great group activity. This blog post helps combine reading and writing into a fun game helping students with their visualization and enhancing their writing through similes and incredible adjectives. {Freebie, writing, reading}
During the last part of the activity, I allowed each student to wonder the room and secretly check out each item.  It was their job to attempt to describe the object BETTER than the original group.  The challenge was totally accepted by all! They were using similes and incredible adjectives to do a better job of describing the objects in each bag.
Helping students expand their vocabulary in a fun class activity is a dream come true. Grab this freebie to have your class participate in a great group activity. This blog post helps combine reading and writing into a fun game helping students with their visualization and enhancing their writing through similes and incredible adjectives. {Freebie, writing, reading}
This was my favorite picture from today’s activity!  I was seriously wondering if I was crazy to ALLOW my kids to roll up a piece of paper and use it as a telescope, but it seriously worked to my advantage today. 
Helping students expand their vocabulary in a fun class activity is a dream come true. Grab this freebie to have your class participate in a great group activity. This blog post helps combine reading and writing into a fun game helping students with their visualization and enhancing their writing through similes and incredible adjectives. {Freebie, writing, reading}
Helping students expand their vocabulary in a fun class activity is a dream come true. Grab this freebie to have your class participate in a great group activity. This blog post helps combine reading and writing into a fun game helping students with their visualization and enhancing their writing through similes and incredible adjectives. {Freebie, writing, reading}