Both groups shared their poetry selection with Ms. Hilary. They then were given a picture as inspiration. They used this picture to brainstorm ideas for their own poem. Ms. Hilary helped them with their poem's rhythm and rhyme. The Girly Goats completed their poems in class and will be working on another at home. The Happy Horses group needed a bit more guidance. They will continue their brainstorming and writing session at home and will share on Tuesday.
In grammar, the Happy Horses reviewed their at-home assignment, which they ROCKED! Next, we began the topic of prepositions. We added the preposition card to their grammar card stack, and they will also be working on memorizing the preposition list. Fear not... it is set to music! The class will be singing the list to the tune of Yankee Doodle. The Girly Goats did an amazing job with their at-home review assignment, and they went on to learn about prepositional phrases that modify direct and indirect objects. They will keep working through diagramming these types, and we will add to this next week!
The class is learning about long journeys made along the Oregon Trail. Today, they drew cards that told them a family budget, the number of family members in their party, and their occupation. The students then made up stories about their former home, the reason for their journey West, and a description of their family members. On Thursday, the group will play a game! This game will be a "manual" version of the computer game Oregon Trail. I see a super fun (and frustrating) history class in the future!
In science class, the group continued their unit on air, water, climate, and weather. They learned about weather patterns, fronts, like our current cold front. The kids looked up current weather maps and create their own weather map to display our country's current frosty status! Brr!
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The kids enjoyed their poetry reading so much that they decided to read Shel Silverstein poems during lunch!
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