Young authors write "two worder" poems

We used one of our words to add to our lexicons. We chose the word doubtful.

In writer’s workshop we wrote another poem. We used the “Two Worder” format. We did a couple of these as a class before students wrote their own. Here is one we wrote about Abraham Lincoln.

 

Abe Lincoln

Tall hat

Poofy beard

Sixteenth president

Civil War

Lincoln memorial

Loved books

Honest Abe

Had children

Real nice

Gettysburg Address

He wrestled

Ended slavery

Was assassinated.

In science we read the next section in our text then worked in groups to answer questions.

Students finish poem, work on biome unit

In spelling we took our pretest and corrected the missed words rainbow style.

 

In writer’s workshop we finished our blackout poems. They are considered late if they weren’t turned in today. Starting tomorrow, ten points will be deducted from the grade each day.

 

In science we looked up words that are important to our biome unit. We also discussed making boats. There will be more information about this later.

Class finishes poems, begins studying biomes

 

We took our spelling test today, and most did very well!

 

In writer’s workshop we finished up our “Blackout Poems.” These are on display in the hall, along with our other poetry.

 

In science we started chapter 12. I am excited about this chapter, as it is about ecosystems and biomes. We will be doing a research project over biomes but will work around testing.

Students experiment with new form of poetry

We tried something new today in writer’s workshop.  A poet has put out a book with newspaper pages that have been blacked out except for the words he wanted left on the pages.  These words formed a poem.  So we took pages from discarded library books and tried our hand at it.  I can’t wait to read them. If you want to check out a video of what we're doing, click here.

In science we finished our newspaper in 3 of the classes.  Since my class takes them home, they will finish them tomorrow.  They get to actually write on the newspaper. 

Tomorrow is popcorn day.

Young scientists work with the Periodic Table

 

In spelling we played sparkle and did a practice assignment.

 

In writer’s workshop we continued to work on our Poetry Ringo.

 

In science we went over our test, corrected them, and worked with periodic table.

Writers begin poetry unit

 

Today was a great day in writer’s workshop. Not only did we get more time to work on our second argumentative piece, but we started our 2 week poetry assignment. It is called ‘Poetry Ringo.” It is due Friday, April 19^th. On that day your child should be ready to perform a poem of his/her choice by memory. We discussed the difference in reading the poem and performing it. This assignment is worth 4 grades.

 

In science we took our chapter 10 test.

Everybody ready to get back to learning after Easter break

I was glad everyone had a great Easter and seemed ready for another week of school!

 

In spelling we took our pretest.

 

In writing we finished (or should have) writing our piece supporting the other opinion.

 

In science we wrote down notes from chapter 10 so we would have a study guide. Our test is tomorrow.

 

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