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Colorful Spring!
A
Collaborative Internet Literacy Project Spring 2005
Mrs. Patty Doane’s Kindergarten
Thomas J. Watson Elementary
Endicott, New York |
Favorite
Book
Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Do You Know Me?
(A garden guessing game) by Anne
Rockwell
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As we walked
through our school courtyard, the students took pictures of
some of the beautiful spring flowers that were in full
bloom. Some of the flowers were the same ones that Anne
Rockwell mentioned in her story.
When we came
inside we chose two of the pictures for noun verse poems.
A noun verse
is a patterned poem of four lines. Each line requires a
specific type of word. Noun verses are quick, pleasant poems
that lend themselves to many subjects.
line 1 (noun)
line 2 (2 adjectives)
line 3 (2 "ing" verbs)
line 4 synonym
After looking
at the pictures we also discovered that our students are
"blooming" photographers as well as writers! Enjoy our look
at Thomas J. Watson’s "Colorful Spring."
Tulip
cup shaped,
bright
blooming,
bending
flower
 Daffodil
yellow, gorgeous
swaying,
growing
plant
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New York State Standards
Standard 2-Language for Literary Response and Expression
Read a variety of different genres: pictures books: poems; articles;
fables and myths etc.
Recognize some features that distinguish the genres and use those to
aid comprehension.
Create their own stories, poems, and songs using the elements of the
literature they have read and appropriate vocabulary.
Observe the conventions of grammar and usage, spelling, and
punctuation.
Standard 4-Language for Social Interaction
Listen attentively and recognize when it is appropriate for them to
speak.
Take turns speaking and respond to others’ ideas in conversation on
familiar topics.
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