Descriptive words continue to be a focus of our literary explorations this week. Students have been listening for them in our read-aloud novel study, Firefly Hollow, and have been brainstorming them as they work with our author, Rosemary Nixon. At the end of the last week, students created riddles with four descriptive words describing a secret word. Using their five senses their goal was to describe their secret word so well that others would easily be able to guess what it was. Here are some samples (answers will be at the end of this post!)
This week Rosemary Nixon has continued to share her experiences of what authors actually do when they write. We have learned that authors often get ideas from other writers. From the autumn themed literature passages that Rosemary shared, students developed a word bank of "juicy words". They visualized a particular element of the season and wrote two line poems to describe their personal image. The process of improving writing through editing, as a writer does, has resulted in the creation of many outstanding two line poems, a few of which have been included below. As the cool crisp wind weaves between trees the smooth hushing lulls the bears into winter’s slumber. ~ Fleur ~ Flaming leaves dance among the tall trees twirling to the ground with the Autumn wind. ~ Brooke ~ A sugary moist steaming slice of cinnamon pumpkin pie slipped off the pate splatting on the cold hard ground. ~Jamie ~ A black bear limps into his winter cave and rests his head on a pile of leaves. ~ Dylan ~ Playing in the fiery leaves, a bunny digs herself in and pops out to see her furry friends. ~ Minay ~ A leaf danced in the crisp autumn air swirling down to the rocky river bank. ~ Sara ~ The crying leaf flew away from his tree swirling sadly in the cold autumn night. ~ AJ ~ The swirling wind takes fiery leaves to flight while they giggle nervously. ~ Clive ~ Connected to our explorations of descriptive words, students have been developing a self portrait using the proportions of a human face. A list of 4 descriptive clues will be posted with these portraits for you to see if you can identify your child's portrait at Parent Teacher Conferences later this week. In science, students have chosen an animal and are utilizing library books and computers to research and create a representation of their life cycle. Moving forward, we will be categorizing animals and exploring the questions that students have generated from their earlier book explorations. Riddle Answers:
Riddle 1: marshmallow Riddle 2: bubble gum Riddle 3: ocean waves Riddle 4: fog Riddle 5: mud puddle Riddle 6: snow Riddle 7: bubble Riddle 8: popcorn Riddle 9: cotton candy
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AuthorsMrs. Montanaro, Mr. Messer and Mrs. Austman teach grades 3/4 at Elbow Park School in Calgary AB. Archives
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