March 26, 2009
Classes A and D worked on their poetry flip books.
Classes B and C wrote original limericks.
Homework for class D only: Your flip books are due tomorrow.
March 25, 2009
Classes A and D worked on their poetry flip books yesterday and today. These books display the haiku, alliteration poems, metaphor poems, and limericks that the students have written. We will work on these tomorrow in class. They are due Friday.
Classes B and C reviewed haiku and corrected their original haiku poems. The students also wrote metaphor poems and read various poetry in class.
Homework: You should be reading your AR book for the new nine weeks.
Monday, March 23
Today in Language Arts, we discussed folklore, repetition, refrain, and ballads. We read the ballad “John Henry” and discussed it together, including the repetition and refrains used throughout. Then the students watched the video of “John Henry.” If you were absent, read pages 650-654 of the blue literature book.
Homework: Start reading your AR book for the last nine weeks.
March 3, 2009
Today the students finished reading “The Sneetches” and discussed alliteration.
Homework: Alliteration worksheet.
Tomorrow is picture day.
We will have 4-H on Thursday. If you are participating in the bread baking contest, bring your three homemade biscuits on Thursday. The photos are also due for the photography contest. These activities are not required.
March 2, 2009
We started a poetry unit in class today. The students were given a study guide containing poetry elements that they need to know. The students also learned how to determine a poem’s rhyme scheme. We began reading the poem “Sneetches,” which begins on page 627 of the blue reading book.
Homework: You must take an AR test and print out your grade by Friday of this week. We will have a test Friday over the poetry terms given today in class (see study guide) and the poem “Sneetches.”
Spring pictures will be taken on Wednesday of this week.
