Poetry

April is National Poetry Month and we celebrated in many ways in the library!

  

Kindergarten

After reading Once I Ate a Pie, kindergarten students wrote their own sweet puppy poems!  

We also read various nursery rhymes, which are fun a type of poetry.


First Grade

We read Dogku and students chose to write their own puppy poem or "I like" poem.  We also wrote Earth Day acrostic poems!

Second Grade

Students wrote rainbow sensory poems and cinquain Earth Day poems!

Third Grade

After reading Guess Who, Haiku students wrote their own animal haiku riddle poems.  They are typing their poems onto a Google Slide and adding images.  I can't wait to see them all!

Fourth Grade

Students have been researching people they view as heroes.  Students in Mrs. Ellis's class are now writing poems about their heroes.  

Poetry is so much fun to read and write!

First Grade Retelling Activities

This past week, we finished up a retelling unit with first grade and they loved it!!  Each week, I read a different book out loud to the students. 

    

After reading the book, students were given a "prop" to use to help retell the story such as a picture of a cat (Lost Cat), a spoon (Spoon), and a pair of chopsticks (Chopsticks).  Then, the students used Flipgrid to record a video retelling the story.  We worked on sequencing and adding in different story elements such as characters, setting, problem, and message.  

This was such a fun activity and a great way to combine books, technology, and ELA standards.  Flipgrid was the perfect tool for this!


Student Teacher

Our new library student teacher started this week!  Her name is Mrs. Emily Leonard and she will be with us at Harrison for six weeks.  The students were very excited to meet her!

Happy Reading!