When we create stories, poems, letters, etc., we don't just communicate with the words we use. We also communicate by the way our words look. Bold and italic type are used for emphasis. Colors can help communicate a feeling or emotion. Type size can be adjusted to give particular words more or less importance. And the endless variety of fonts can range from silly and playful to structured and traditional. Type formatting can be a very important form of communication.
This week, we introduced the first graders to type formatting, showing them the different ways they can change the appearance of their type and the process to go about changing it. We used bold, italics, underline, colors, fonts, and size. Watch out...now that our first graders have this new knowledge, their creative floodgates are open.
