Having a sense of community and truly knowing my students are very important aspects of my teaching philosophy. My students are more than just students, they are my kids. I love each of them and want the best for them. With these thoughts in mind, I spend a great deal of time at the beginning of the school year learning about each of my students. This year, I had my students make a list of 100 things they love. First, the students made a list of 100 things they loved. They did this in their interactive notebook. I plan to refer to these lists throughout the year for writing topics. After the students completed their list they made a poster of their 100 things that they love. Students were encouraged to be creative! Some students wanted to use a website like taxgedo or wordle to create their poster. I allowed them to do so, if they printed it at home.
I love the way the students' posters turned out! This is just a small sample of the great work the students created. One thing I would do different next time is have the students make a list of 100 "favorite things" instead of 100 things they "love". Some of my students got stuck on the word "love", which made this assignment more difficult for them. Once I explained that it could be favorite things, such as a favorite person, movie, song, food, etc. They seemed to find this task much easier.
Thank you so much for posting this idea! I'm planning to try it with our young people next week.
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