Friday, March 25, 2011

Sound Word Poems

This week we worked a lot with onomatopoeia. All of us thought about a place that we would hear lots of different sounds and then brainstormed what those sounds would be. They did an AMAZING job translating that into a poem. These are the poems that were ready to be published. I am not sure how to post a link to a word document, so this post is rather long, but worth the read!

Our School

Wish! Wish!

Went the math centers

Tick, Tock!

Goes the clock

Stomp! Stomp!

Went the kids down the hall

Click! Click!

The pencil boxes click

Staple! Staple!

Mrs. Enright staples

Written by:

Maci

The Train Station

Woo! Woo!

The train goes!

RRRRrrrrrchhh!

It’s pulling in the station!

Written by:

Dante

The Vet

Weeeeee!

Goes the door

Meow!

Says Sassy

Bark! Bark!

Said the puppy and the dogs

Crunch! Crunch!

Sassy’s eating a cat treat

Written by:

Imagin

The Animal Farm

Oink! Oink!

Goes the pig

Vroom! Vroom!

Rides the green tractor

Gobble! Gobble!

Eats the turkey

Ch! Ch!

Goes the horse galloping

Quack! Quack!

Swims the ducks in the pond

And that is the end of the onomatopoeia animal farm poem!

Written by:

Austin

Field Full of Flowers

Flap! Flap!

Goes the butterflies

Flick! Flick!

The grasshopper hops

Buzzz! Buzzzz!

The gnat is happy

Schwip! Schwip!

The ladybug is fluttering by

Tweet! Tweet!

Said the bird

Sway! Sway!

Goes the trees

Swish! Swish!

The wind went

Shhhhhhhh!

The grass is quiet

Thoo! Thoo!

The flowers say

Written By:

Grace

The Airport

Luggage is driving me crazy!

Beep! Beep!

Waiting, still waiting

Uuuuuggghh!

Yep, I knew it!

Zzzzzzzzzzzz!

The baby is still crying!

Waaaaaaahhh!

Oh, please!

The airplane goes Vrrrroooomm

For take off!

Written By

Ava


Airport On The Go

Waaaaa!!

Goes the baby

Shhhhhhhhh!!

Goes the people

Type! Type! Type!

Goes the computer

Roll! Roll! Roll!

Goes the luggage

Go through

Buzzzzzzz!

Written By:

Dallys

The Shooting Range

Tch! Tch! Goes the rifle gun

Shhhhh!

I get my aim

Pooo!

Goes the gun rifle

Tock!

I think I hit it?

Ahooo!

Bullseye!

Written By:

Hunter

Amazon Rainforest

Hiss!

Goes the snake

Roar!

Says the leopard

Oooaaa!

Screeches the monkey

Tweet!

Chirps the bird

Koo! Koo!

Snaps the snipe

Squak!

Says the toucan

I wish he wasn’t there

Written By:

Sadie


The Rodeo

I go

Yeehaw! Yeehaw!

The horses go

Neigh! Neigh!

The dogs go

Ruff! Ruff!

The cows go

Moo! Moo!

The chicks go

Tweet!

The chickens go

Bawk! Bawk!

The barrels go

Ban! Ban!

Written by:

Jada


The Fair

Munch! Munch!

Go the children with the hotdogs

Splash! Splash!

Goes the dog jumping in the water

Pop! Pop!

Goes the popcorn

Ahhh! Ahhhhh!

Goes the people on the rides

The Gravatron goes

Weeeeeeeeeeeee!

Written by:

Mikey


The Parade

Ts! Ts! Ts!

Goes the instruments

Stomp! Stomp!

Goes the feet

Yah! Yah!

Goes the people

MMMmmmmmm!

Tastes the candy

Bye!

Says the kids

Written by:

Aidan

Vets Office

Screeeeech!

Goes the door

Arf! Arf!

Goes the the dog

Meow!

Says Steve

Clip! Clip!

Goes the scissors

Written by:

Derek


The Monster Truck Rally

The kids go crazy

Woooooooo!

The monster truck…oh no!

RRRRRrrrrchhhhhh!

The monster truck flips

Smash! Booom!

Written by:

Dathanyel

The Ice Skating Rink

Boom! Boom!

Went the ice skates

Crack! Crack!

Went the ice

Brrrr! Brrrrr!

Went the children

That is the end of the poem

Written by:

Brynlee

Field Trip

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Friday, March 18, 2011

Awesome!

Here is a picture of our budding scientist and his super cool science project! He did all of the work himself, even the typing!

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Enjoying the Sun

We took advantage of the nice weather yesterday and did some cloud observations! It was so much fun to listen to their conversations! "I see a cumulus cloud that looks like the letter M!" and "I have a prediction, there will soon be precipitation!" So smart! Enjoy!


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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Testing

While the upper grades were busy testing all week, we did a little testing in First Grade as well! While I pulled students back individually for the verbal portions of the test, the rest of the class was busy playing Making Numbers on their laptops. This is an online game that really helps with fact fluency...and the best part is the kids love it! They are completely engaged while practicing addition. If you would like to play at home, I added the link under "Fun Sites for Kids."




Friday, March 4, 2011

Rainbows

As a beginning activity to our weather unit, we created windsocks. We read a story about wind and also discussed the water cycle.
Next week we will begin learning about clouds! Have a great weekend.

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Dr. Seuss's Birthday

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Thank you to Cheryl Bentley for the incredible Dr. Seuss art!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Lost Footage

I had forgotten that I recorded a little bit of our Valentine's Day party, so here it is!

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Math!

Today we worked on making numbers using tens. Each group was given an envelope with two sets of cards. One set had number words written on them (one hundred ten), and the other set was ten frames. The first step was to draw a number card, then read it, make it using ten frames and then write the number on whiteboards. Before students were able to draw another number card they had to say how many tens are used to make their number (110 is 11 tens). We had our math expert, Mrs. Miller, watching us learn and she was AMAZED at what they are able to do! I know my class is amazing, so sometimes it is nice to have others notice as well! Thank you for all of your help Mrs. Miller!

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