Thanks, Don, for the crayon metaphor! I certainly think students will connect to this and it will help them to be more willing participants. I am mulling over the thought of making a large crayon box to mount on a bulletin board. I could give the students "crayons" to write new words on as they accumulate vocabulary. We could take them out and talk about them, count to see how many new words we have, etc. It's just a thought, but it could be very effective.

Thanks to all of my experimental students today! I value your feedback and you have expanded my thinking on the presentation and expansion of this lesson.