We studied the elements of poetry, kids took notes, and then they had a crack at writing and we got some great results. Read on!
Elements of Poetry and Poems
Month: November 2010
Building knowledge: from notes to paragraph
In this unit, we took notes from PebbleGo and then crafted our own informational writing. Look at the process.
Journey to Mohawk Country
This is a favorite unit to discuss the cultural exchange between Dutch and Mohawk nations. The kids can visualize what it was like from George O’Connor’s graphic novel adaptation of the journal of Herman Van der Bogaert.
Learning idioms in Wake the Dead by Monica Harris
They loved practicing notetaking and learning morbid idioms simultaneously. Funny book.
American Revolution folklore
Clever Mistress Mary is a great NYC legend about the Patriot’s successful retreat from the British during the American Revolution. Here is Maryann’s summary of the story. They adored hearing it!
Catalog searching!
They wrote about the steps it took to do catalog searches…..and actually finding the book!
Cyberbullying prevention
We watched Let’s Fight it Together and then students reflected on what a good cyber citizen does and says online.
Booktalking using active listening sheet
Here is a 4th grade example.
Respecting yourself and others
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1st graders illustrated what it looked like to respect yourself and others and what it didn’t look like after a lesson and read aloud their vignettes. I made it into a short movie.
