Poetry Unit Coming Soon!

My poetry unit is coming up soon! I'm excited!
This year I'm teaching a combo class of 2nd and 3rd grade. When I previously co-taught a combo class we did the poetry unit all together, but because of scheduling I've decided to keep in a 3rd grade thing this year. I have a gut feeling that next year it won't be a combined class so I figure the 2nd grade will get to do it next year when I have them all on their own.

I can't wait to share some of the poems my students write this year!

Columbus Unit

We made these back in the fall. Not sure where I found the ship to cut out, but they turned out really cute. Under the water they students wrote 4 facts of what they learned about Columbus. 

Snowflake Angles

Another great Pinterest idea for my Geometry Unit! 

After learning about right, acute, and obtuse angles they students used popsicle sticks to create snowflakes. Each snowflake had to have each kind of angle. 

They were SO excited to take them home. 

Also fun decorations for Christmas/Winter! 

Lines of Symmetry

I had so much fun teaching my 3rd grade Geometry unit this year! I was able to find so many great ideas off of pinterest. 

My students had fun creating symmetrical objects with a definite line of symmetry. They were sad when I said they had to stop for recess. :) 

Paper Dolls

I have a new obsession in my classroom. I've begun making paper dolls to go with the Bible stories I tell. My students love them! I love teaching my students Bible stories and it is fun to have these little paper dolls as a visual. All I take is coloring pages, color them, cut them out, and laminate them. Fun fun!

Personality Poems

Here are some examples of my students' personality poems.  They really loved writing this one. Each student had to choose a person to write about. It could be someone they know or a fictional character they liked. 

This is the format we used:

L1 - name

L2 - 4 adjectives describing the person

L3 - loves ____

L4 - fears ____

L5 - needs ____

L6 - gives ____

L7 - believes ____

L8 - name

Once again I loved seeing the different people/characters my students chose. No two poems were alike. This class loves that opportunity to be creative! I really should give them more opportunities.

 

Couplets are next! Those are a little more tricky. Can't wait to share them!

Count-A-Word Poem

My poetry unit is going full swing! I love doing a poetry unit. But I especially can't wait until we have our poetry night. I love seeing my students share their poetry with the rest of their peers and their parents. They always do such a great job...always, I've only done this one other time. Ha!
Anyway, I wanted to share a few of my students' Count-A-Word poems. Sorry that the pictures are a little fuzzy. It is on the dark side in Starbucks.





A Count-A-Word poems is not a rhyming poem. It has a specific amount of words on each line.
L1 - 1 word
L2 - 2 words
L3 - 3 words
L4 - 4 words
L5 - 3 words
L6 - 2 words
L7 - 1 word (same as the first)

I let my students choose anything they wanted it to be about. I just said they could not write about a person (because we were going to write personality poems next). We read a few examples, wrote a few as a whole group and then brainstormed some topic ideas. I love the range of poems the students wrote. They were very creative! There were only a few poems that had similar topics. This has to be my favorite unit to teach.

Stay tuned for our Personality Poems!