Our Week in Review

Happy Birthday to our May birthdays ~Dylan, Holly, Matthew, and Tyler!

What a week we had! Miss Liz, our poet in residence, spent TWO days with us teaching us poetry.  She gave us some fabulous ideas on how to use our imaginations to write poetry.  Then we were able to learn about reciting poetry to an audience through an "Open Mic" session on Thursday.  Mrs. Merten was very impressed with our poems.  Miss Liz talked about the "Journey of the Journal" and suggested we all try to keep a journal over the summer.  She even shared her journals with us.  We also learned an oral poem/chant called "The Poetry Bus".  You can find a video of part of that below.

Miss Liz with her "stones" discussing Poetry in the "oral tradition"

Below, Miss Liz is showing students how to read their poetry aloud.

Here, Miss Liz is reading our poems and sharing her thoughts

 Here we are working on our first poems, thinking about our "stone" and using it for inspiration.

Remember, "Poem like a plate!"

 

Here is Miss Liz doing the "Poetry Bus" chant with us!