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Brenda
Smylie's 4, 5, 6 Graders |
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Book: A Perfect Day For It by Jan Fearnly |
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We read a number of winter books. The classes favourite was A Perfect Day For It. We wrote cinquain poems.
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Martha
Gross' First Grade |
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Book: Thomas' Snowsuit by Robert Munch |
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Our school is located at the north end of the Willamette Valley in Oregon. Although we live but an hour’s drive from the majestic snow capped peak of Mt. Hood, we rarely get any snow here in Portland. In fact, this winter has been unseasonably mild and dry. Our usual form of precipitation is good old Oregon rain. Many of the children in our classroom community are English Language Learners and have never experienced snow. They did not know how it looks, how it feels, how it sounds, not even what color it is.
In addition to this whole class poem we wrote and illustrated individual poems. We based our winter poem on Thomas' Snowsuit.
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Mrs.
Grauer and Mrs. Dover's First Grades |
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Book: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats |
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We look forward to reading all the poems
that have been written by other students in the project. We also will be emailing
the website address to Kayla's dad who is stationed in Afganistan and has been
coresponding to the children in her class so we
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Jennifer Gildea's First Grade |
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Over the course of several weeks, we've read MANY, MANY winter books. Some of our favorites were When Will It Snow? by Marty Crisp, The Wild Toboggan Ride by Suzan Reid & Eugenie Fernandes, and of course, Tacky the Penguin and Tacky the Emperor both by Helen Lester. We had a blast and the
fun continues. We wrote this poem through a shared writing about what winter means to us.
In addition, we are writing our own acrostic winter poems in our writing center.
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Jennifer Rambo's 3rd Grade |
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Book: Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin |
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Many of my students have never seen snow, except for a few flurries. In the deep South, 1/2 inch is considerered a blizzard. We read and discussed the book, Snowflake Bentley, focusing on the different types and shapes of snowflakes. We wrote individual and class poems to present in a readers theatre format.
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Readers Theater. |
Barbara Holloway's First Grade |
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Book: Manatee Winter by Kathleen Weidner Koehfeld |
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We are participating in a state mascot exchange and our visitor during this time was Maggie the manatee from Florida. We wrote an acrostic poem.
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Julie
Filer's First Grade |
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Book: Snow Riders by Constance W. McGeorge |
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After reading Snow Riders, we brainstormed lists of describing, naming, and actions words that helped us make images as we listened to the story. We used our word lists to help us create an acrostic poem. We then used Crayola Model Magic to make our own “snow creations.”
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Nancy Gallagher's First Grade |
Book: The Mitten and others by Jan Brett |
We spent alot of time on Winter Themes. We did an author's study of Jan
Brett. Many of her books were read and discussed. The Mitten was the center
of this study. Many activities were done including a human retelling of this story. Acrostic Poem
Pattern Poem 
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Sheri Betteridge |
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Book: Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London |
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The grade 1/2 class read a wonderful and very funny story called Froggy Gets Dressed. This was our first attempt at poetry writing! We answered the 5 w's (who, what , where, when, why) and recorded them on chart paper. Then we cut them apart and rearranged them until we liked what we saw/heard. It turned out really well! Froggy- A 5 W’s Poem
February 6, 2003 |
Linda
Johns' First Grade |
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Celia
Godsil's First Grade |
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Book: Stranger In the Woods |
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We have talked quite a bit about poetry this week and we are well on our way to understanding and enjoying making poems. Today we looked at the poetry project web site and read many of the poems which are already posted. Afterwards, we listened to Stranger In the Woods. We would like to share our poem with you now.
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Danielle Stewart's First Grade |
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Books: Flowers for the Snowman by Gerda Marie Scheidl |
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Acrostic Poem
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Ms.
Hefele's 2nd Grade |
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Book: The Snowman by Raymond Briggs |
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After looking at the story of The Snowman and watching the DVD, we made up a poem about the snowman. Since we were studying poetry, we tried using similes in our poem. A Simile Poem
*Extra Activity Since the book only has pictures and no one speaks in the DVD, we wrote the words to the story.
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Tara
Visconti's First Grade |
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Books: The Mitten by Jan Brett, |
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During our study of Winter we wrote two list poems. We wrote a poem using our five senses; what we hear, see, smell, taste, and feel in the Winter. As a class we also wrote a poem listing what Winter is a time for. Our poems were inspiried by many of the books we read during shared reading and read alouds. Five Senses Poem
Free Verse Poem
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Marti Plumtree's 2nd Grade |
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Book: A Little Bit of Winter by Paul Stewart |
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As part of our comprehension study, we have been reading and locating information in fiction and non-fiction pieces of work. At the same time we have been responding to text in many different ways.
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Martha
Kubik's Enrichment Students |
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Book: Owl Moon by Jane Yolen |
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We chose Owl Moon as the inspiration for our winter poems because
the illustrator, John Schoenherr, is a local man. He lives only four miles from our
school. His farm, the basis for the book’s illustrations, is like many of the farms
that surround our school. The farms, and the surrounding forests and the creatures that
inhabit them, are a part of our students’ lives. Both our third classes participated,
and both poems are included. Free Verse Poem
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Mrs.
Corey's 2nd Grade |
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Book: WINTER, An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur |
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After reading the book, the students wrote their own acrostic poems using the winter theme. As a culminating activity, all the students contributed to creating Winter, their class acrostic poem. Acrostic Poem
Extension:
Steven Schnur has written acrostic poem books for the other seasons as well. |
Ms.
Rice's First Grade |
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Book: Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner |
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Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner made us laugh. The rhyming
story told us about the fun things that snowmen do at night when we are asleep. Dancing in
a conga line is one of the funniest things the snowmen do! Free Verse Poem
 
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Katie
Collins' 2nd Grade |
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Book: Owl Moon by Jane Yolen |
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For this special project, we enjoyed the beautiful illustrations and the descriptive words in Owl Moon. We wrote a class poem about the story. Our 5Ws poem tells: who the story is about, what it is about, when it takes place, where it takes place, and why it takes place.
As an extension activity, the students will write 5Ws poems about other stories. |
Norma
Goddard's 2nd Grade |
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Book: Geraldine's Big Snow by Holly Keller |
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We wrote a Character Poem about Geraldine.
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Mrs. Spann's First Grade |
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Book: Dear Rebecca, Winter Is Here |
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We read Dear Rebecca, Winter Is Here after
brainstorming what we already knew about winter. We wanted to find out more about how
animals stay warm in the winter. It was interesting to find out squirrels line their homes
with leaves to stay warm.
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Cathy
Dugger's First Grade |
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Book: The Wild Toboggan Ride by Suzan Reid |
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Our class read the book, The Wild Toboggan Ride. The students loved listening to this story again and again. After we read the book several times, the students made text-to-self connections as they shared their many experiences with sledding. The students completed the activity by illustrating a picture that went along with the poem. It was fun to write this acrostic poem!
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Susan
Beaudet's 2nd Grade |
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Book: Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin |
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Cinquain Poem
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Miss Catherine Inzer's Multiage 1-2 Class |
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Book: Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin |
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We had a great time learning about the man who devoted his entire life to learning about snowflakes. Our class discussed the courage and strength Snowflake Bentley must have had to keep on pursuing his dream, even though people thought he was foolish. We decided to write an acrostic poem about Snowflake Bentley to describe how we feel about him. Acrostic Poem
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Karen
Morse's 2nd Grade |
Book: The Snow Lambs by Debi Gliori |
Our teacher read to us the book . We noticed
that it was like two stories in one. It was written from Sam's point of view
as he worried about the whereabouts of his dog, Bess, who wandered off following a sheep
breaking away from the herd. At the same time the author, who also illustrated the book,
used a split-page technique showing Bess's adventures on one side of the double-page
spread, while Sam's nightly routine was shown on the other side. SNOW LAMBS S now started falling and a storm's blowing
in. L ights go out suddenly after a loud CRACK.
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Mrs. St. Clair's Super Second Grade |
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Book: Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin |
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We've been busy reading and writing! We read many winter books including Snowballs, The Biggest Snowball Ever!, The Snowchild, and The Biggest, Best Snowman and each of us wrote a Haiku which we assembled into a Cozy Winter Paper Quilt. We also read Snowflake Bentley. Today we revisited Snowflake Bentley and learned how to write a cinquain. We made a Venn Diagram comparing the two types of poems (Haiku and Cinquain).
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Joanne Shepard's 2nd Grade |
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Book: Happy Winter by Karen Gundersheimer After a rather warm December, we finally got snow and cold along with a "no school snow day" in January. We found the book Happy Winter by Karen Gundersheimer and read about the many fun things children can do from morning to night, indoors and outdoors, on a happy winter day. Our class poems were written after listening to this book. |
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5 W's Poem
4-line Poem
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Amy
Rallis' 2nd Grade |
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Books we read: Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London |
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Greetings from Council Bluffs, Iowa. We have been experiencing a cold spell complete with a few inches of snow which really set the stage for this project. We enjoyed reading our stories and writing our poetry. It was fun reading poetry written by students from all over the world.
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Mrs. Terry Stoufer's 3rd Grade |
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Book: Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin Our class read Snowflake
Bentley during our career week. We talked about how different his job was, and how
interesting a character he was. We enjoyed reading the facts about him and we are going to
try and locate the book he published. Our poem is an acrostic poem about Snowflake
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Acrostic Poem
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© 2003 - Marci McGowan ~ Read A Winter Book - Write A Winter Poem ~ |
Read A Winter Book ...Write A Winter Poem
Our teacher
read to us the book Froggy Gets Dressed.. She then modeled how to write a
"character poem". We wrote our own poems and this is our class character poem:
Our teacher
also read to us the book Snowflake Bentley. She modeled how to write an
acrostic poem.
After reading
The Snowy Day, we wrote this five senses poem: