Trying something new

 You've all been there. You take part in a professional development opportunity and come away with an activity or two that you want to try. Recently, I found out about a new tool to use when teaching vocabulary. I'm sure a lot of you have read the book Donavan's Word Jar. Well, Cinda Findlin, of Slippery Rock Univirsity (PA), suggests creating personal word collections with your students to increase vocabulary. She says that by allowing students to increase their vocabulary by learning about words they come in contact with in the real world, students will have a larger working vocabulary.

I really want to put this practice into action next school year. But, I'm quite overwhelmed with finding the appropriate "jars" for my students to use. I need them to be easy for my fifth grade students to access and store. I kind of was thinking about these jars below What do you think? What would you use? Does this look like a practical way to increase vocabulary?