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École primaire de l'Escalade Centre de services scolaire des Premières-SeigneuriesCapitale-Nationale
Reading mat to hold vocabulary cards
Je lis et j'écris, avec le tapis
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OSEntreprendre Challenge
Grade 1 students use vocabulary cards to practise reading and writing. As these can be awkward to store and carry around, the children came up with a solution. Divided into teams, the students first discussed their ideas at home and in class before presenting a reading mat prototype. The best ideas from each were retained and combined to make the perfect product: a cloth reading mat sufficiently robust and compact that it could it would fit on a student's desk.
A word bag attached to the mat held all the vocabulary cards. These could be inserted into transparent vinyl strips that would secure the cards in place, thus preventing them from sliding out or getting mixed up. The students using the reading mat were better organized and found it easier to concentrate on their homework!