Let's Rhyme!

Grade 3

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Reading- Literature 

Standard 10

By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Recognize and begin to read documents written in cursive.

Ed Tech Standards: Standard 6

Use telecommunications efficiently and effectively to access remote information and communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and for pursuit of personal interests. 

This lesson will span over a few weeks.  I will have the students go online and read the brochure two weeks before we discuss poetry.  I will introduce the poems and see if the students can tell me what they are and an example. 

Activity #1
The students will have a poetry journal they will engage in poetry activities. The class will do the activity where the students will doodle in a journal while a poem is being read. Responding to the text through images, symbols, shapes, and colors. They can doodle what they feel and think about.with their doodles.  This activity will happen at the beginning of the poetry time. 

Activity #2

The students will write in their journal the poetry exercise #1 where they will create their own poem with prompts.  Then the students will fill in the remaining lines the way they choose so the poem makes sense.  First have the students writes down their words by reading outside the parenthesis.  The parenthesis are to be saved for after the students write down their thoughts so the poem can be put together.

Poetry Exercise

Activity #3
Another activity is writing a shape poem.  The students will be able to choose a shape they would like their poem.  They may also write a poem before then convert it to a shape. 

Resources

Poetry Game

Poetry Projects

Poetry Samples

I used a brochure template in word.  I liked that it was a template and I could tweak it to what I needed.  I did not like that I could not change some of the colors that was already in the template.  There is a learning curve to word, but once you know your way around it was a piece of pie.  It was better than google docs where the templates are not in column format.  I will use word again, now to install it on my other computer.

Read-A-Thon

Grade 5

Flyer

Reading: Foundational Skills 

Standard 4 

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.  Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

Ed Tech Standards: Standard 6

Use telecommunications efficiently and effectively to access remote information and communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and for pursuit of personal interests. 

The students have all worked hard so we are taking a day off of normal school lessons.  We as a class will be reading for most of the day.  First part of the day we will be reading "The Black Stallion" by Walter Farley.  In the after noon we will be reading independently.  We will take breaks for lunch, bathroom and recess.  Students may wear comfortable clothes and bring a pillow and a blanket.  The students may bring a snack.  Do not forget your independent reading book!

I used http://www.easel.ly to create a flyer.  I love this tool.  So easy to use.   http://www.easel.ly does and that is what I like about it.  This tool is useful in many ways.