A vocabulary disaster, students combine vocabulary exploration with word play by planning their own vocabulary parade, modeled on the activities in the text. Perform a second reading of the book, this time simply reading the vocabulary sentences found along the sides and bottom of each page. Reading vocabulary for miss alaineus a vocabulary disaster. Its clearly meant for schools, but everyone can enjoy. Vocabulary unit 6 week 1 miss alaineus flashcards quizlet. Choose a unit of study for students vocabulary study that is rich in challenging, complex vocabulary. Oct 2, 2019 miss alaineus, miscellaneous, a vocabulary disaster, inspires vocabulary parades just like in the picture book. A vocabulary disaster has 3 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. She doesnt feel well enough to look up the dictionary definitions of all her words, so she invents. A vocabulary disaster voyager books, 2007 by debra frasier prior to sharing it with the class. The old woman who named things by cynthia rylant read aloud duration.
A vocabulary list featuring words from miss alaineus, a vocabulary disaster by debra frasier. See more ideas about vocabulary parade, vocabulary and science vocabulary. Miss alaineus by debra frasier, debra frasier kirkus. How do you get kids, especially younger ones, aware of the importance of word learning. She thought about them and came up with her own definitions. Discuss the importance of vocabulary words with your students. Miss alaineus, a vocabulary disaster written and illustrated by debra frasier n this story, sage, our heroine and a very wordsmart fifth grader, publicly confuses. After a readaloud of the picture book miss alaineus.
She is at first embarrassed but then uses her mistake as inspiration for the vocabulary parade. Students will enjoy the story of sage, a young girl who has misheard and misunderstood one of her spelling class words miscellaneous. I exclaimed as i opened it, and i began to read it aloud to my korean friend. Sage misunderstands the word miscellaneous for a vocabulary assignment, thinking it is a mysterious woman named miss alaineus. Remind them to use their new vocabulary in daily conversation and writing.
Debra frasier is the author of miss alaineus, a vocabulary disaster, the book on which our annual parade is based on. And theres no better place to start than with debra frasiers awardwinning classic miss alaineus. Miss alaineus a vocabulary disaster vocabulary words slumped, soggy, capable, luminous, categories, strands, gigantic, credit. Delete from selected list scholastic books for kids. Log in you must be logged into bookshare to access this title. Debra frasier is the author and illustrator of many awardwinning picture books including on the day you were born and miss alaineus, a vocabular y disaster. A vocabulary disaster from the worlds largest community of readers. Tune in to interesting words and use new vocabulary in speaking and writing. This is one of the funniest books i have ever read. Students will enjoy the story of sage, a young girl who has misheard and misunderstood one of her spelling class wordsmiscellaneous. This selfdirected vocabulary project by teacher traveler is inspired by the book miss alaineus.
Sage, the main character, is learning alot of vocabulary words. Words from miss alaineus, a vocabulary disaster by debra. Fourth grade students at floral street school will be having their own vocabulary parade this year. A hilarious case of mistaken language and word play. After reading the picture book to your class, students select and define 24 words and write 8 alliterative, descriptive sentences using the new words such as. Words are defined within the text and as part of the colorful illustrations. In miss alaineus, elementary school student sage makes a very public and very embarrassing blunder, mistaking the word miscellaneous for what she assumes is the name of a famous woman. Depending on the abilities of your students andor the time you have, you may wish to reduce the number of words they must use or assign fewer. Words from miss alaineus, a vocabulary disaster by debra frasier.
Miss alaineus lesson plan scholastic books for kids. In addition to her wellknown talks on creative process, debras innovative book events build a communitys creativity through projects that start with a. Here is a link directly to debra frasiers webpage regarding her book, miss alaineus, a vocabulary. In addition to her wellknown talks on creative process, debras innovative book events build a communitys creativity through projects that start with a story. Based on that unit, prepare a list of vocabulary words students are likely to suggest. Browse 500 sets of reading miss alaineus flashcards. Vocabulary words are defined within the text and as part of the colorful illustrations consisting of magic markers, notebook paper, pencils, glue, and scissors. Debra frasier is the author and illustrator of many awardwinning picture books including on the day you were born and miss alaineus, a vocabulary disaster. Becoming sick before vocabulary day spells disaster for fifthgrader sage, who often relies on making up her own vocabulary word definitions. Its about a girl, sage, who is home sick from school when the weeks vocabulary words are introduced. Clever wordplay and illustrations highlight miss alaineus.
When she misinterprets the meaning of the word miscellaneous, the resulting situation is nothing short of hilarious. See photos, profile pictures and albums from miss alaineus. See more ideas about vocabulary parade, vocabulary and vocabulary words. Thanks i had a work sheet on this and forgot the book again than you. Miss alaineus a vocabulary disaster is a special and unique book that should be included in every home library, and is sure to be a classic, in years to come. When sage creatively makes up her own definition for miss alaineus, she finds herself humbled in front of her class by her vocabulary disaster. A vocabulary disaster when sages spelling and definition of a word reveals her misundersanding of it to her classmates, she is at first embarassed, the uses her mistake as inspiration for the vocabulary parade. If you put this book on a group reading list, students without ieps will not be able to open it. Grade 35this inventive picture book is a spelling book, a vocabulary book, a game book, and a costume book all rolled into one. Miss alaineus, a vocabulary disaster debra frasier. As a lover of words and vocabulary, i thought this book was stupendous, paramount, and captivating.
Students brainstorm a list of vocabulary terms from a recent unit of study and then design concrete ways to illustrate the terms. Humiliated, sage finds a way to take control of her classmates laughter by designing a miss alaineus costume for her schools vocabulary parade. Grade school mortification was never this entertaining or educational. Miss alaineus story map multileveled lesson with these multileveled lessons, students are encouraged to explore the important elements of any fiction text to support comprehension.
Book miss alaineus a vocabulary disaster image not available. A vocabular y disaster, students combine vocabulary exploration with word play by planning their own vocabulary parade, modeled on the activities in the text. A vocabulary disaster is an absolutely adorable book. Miss alaineus picture book makes vocab learning fun. Miss alaineus lesson plan students will broaden their understanding of various literary devices and strengthen their vocabulary skills as they read miss alaineus. This inventive picture book is a spelling book, a vocabulary book, a game book, and a.