It’s Friday and that means Poetry Friday. Thank you to Robyn at Life on the Deckle Edge for hosting.
I was very excited to get this SNOWMAN – COLD = PUDDLE . In fact, I was so excited for the book I accidentally bought two. So guess what, I will be selecting a lucky person for my extra copy. Just comment below.
Last week, I had the opportunity to sub at my former school. The teachers were gracious enough to make space in the day for me to teach Equation Poems based
Laura Purdie Salas’s new title.
It’s never enough time to fully polish and revise the poems. After reading the book and talking about the idea on a one line poem, the students dove in. I worked with second and third graders. Some second graders were able to create the illustrations.
One second grader took the paper home to finish.
Here are more examples:
The above are my second graders who had more time to work.
Process: We read the book. Made a few group ones. I created a list of possibilities for the sum or difference. (=family, =heaven, = honesty {one of their life skills they are working on} )I had a sheet with the format and asked the students to write three. They then selected their favorite to illustrate.
Here are some that were written but not illustrated:
Blanket + Cat = Nap
~Liana, 2nd grade
Winter + Waves = Storm
~Elisha, 2nd grade
Horses + Saddle = Heaven
~Beatrix, 3rd Grade
Me + Family = Love
~ Vicka, 3rd grade
Me + Sick = Chicken Noodle Soup
~ Jayden, 3rd grade
Me + Homework = No, No, No
~ Daniel, 3rd grade
Sad + Cry = Puddle
~ Ricky, 3rd grade
Person + Forever Sleep = Heaven
~Naomi, 3rd grade
Triangle + Ingredients = Pizza
Moon + Stick = Lollipop
Stick + Stone = Hammer of Thor
~John W, 3rd grade
Max + Daniel = Honesty
~ Elvira, 3rd grade
Sister + Doom = Sadness
~ Malachi, 2nd grade
Book + Learning = Smart
~Samantha, 2nd grade
Have a poetic week. Over at Deowriter, I’m remembering Paul Janeczko.
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