Celebrating literacy with “Dress Like a Word Day”
Students at East Rockaway’s Centre Avenue School took their love of literacy literally as they showed up to class on “Dress Like a Word Day.”
The Jan. 20 activity was facilitated by the school’s reading action committee to spread the fun of literacy for students from kindergarten to fifth grade. Students chose any appropriate word that they wanted to visually represent and then got creative with their clothing and accessories.
Words that were represented during “Dress Like a Word Day” ranged from red, tall, name, and peace to sparkly, ambivalent, strange, and absorbent. The students presented their words and showed off their costumes during each class. It was an inspiring and educational lesson that resulted in deep thinking and creative expression.
