Have you ever read Donavan’s Word Jar by Monalisa DeGross? We did in reading class! Many of Donvan’s friends have collections of things such as marbles and coins, but Donavan collects something special – words! When Donavan finds a word the first thing he does it check the spelling and meaning in a dictionary. Then he adds the word to his jar. In the story, Donavan is running out of room in his word jar and he is looking for a solution to his problem. With a little help from his Grandma and the people at her apartment building, Donavan learns how sharing his collection with others and seeing their happiness is a great feeling! After reading Donavan’s Word Jar, the 4^th graders created their own word jars. They collected new words during the week and wrote them on pieces of paper. On Friday, we shared our words with each other. It was a ton of fun learning so many new and exciting words!

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