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1st Grade Literacy Workshop

As part of our literacy workshop time, our class is launching a “Take Froggy Home” project. As part of this project, the students will take turns taking our class stuffed animal home with them over the weekend. The selected student will have Froggy from Friday to Thursday the following week. He/she will have to return Froggy the following Friday with a poster illustrated with pictures and words documenting what he/she did with Froggy.

Please treat Froggy as a guest in your home. Please help your child document the places he/she took Froggy to and/or activities that involved Froggy. A poster will be provided on which your child can decorate and paste photographs. This assignment is not intended to get in the way of what you normally do during the week. You do not need to go anywhere special to take Froggy. If you plan to just stay home the week your child has Froggy, you may just want to take a picture of your child and Froggy at home doing what he/she normally does at home.

This fun activity is an exciting way to introduce students to journal writing while making connections with other students in the classroom. It is also another way to find purpose and enjoyment in literacy.

Have a wonderful time with Froggy!