As part of our celebration week of National Poetry Month, children had to search for many different types of poetry. If they found a favorite, they had the opportunity to record them on a Voice Thread. The following Voice Thread is a shared one with Mrs. Bonfigli’s class. Enjoy!

During our poetry study this week, we learned how to write Wish Poems. Like Haikus, Wish poems follow a “recipe” telling the writer which type of words go in each line. Please enjoy listening to our Wish poems.

This week during our celebration of National Poetry Month, the students wrote and illustrated their own Haikus following the “recipe” of 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables in the last line. We also enjoyed reading haikus by Jack Prelutsky in If Not For The Cat.

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We’ve been learning about our respiratory system this week.  Today we made models of what happens when we breathe.  Our diaphragm is a very important muscle that is part of our respiratory system.  Enjoy our video of how it works:

Lung Models on PhotoPeach

The technology has really been humming in our room. Please take a minute to check out the children’s blogs (in the links below) as well as leave them a comment. We added our first post on Friday to introduce ourselves to our readers. In class, we’ve been working on the skills of Summarizing and Determining Importance. As a way to move beyond a paragraph summary, students have been using a technology tool to summarize their guided reading work. Some students are working on a Voice Thread and others are working on a Photo Story. We hope to add these pieces to our blogs soon so you can experience some of the tools we’ve been trying out.