Grade two is working on personification, similes, and metaphors in poetry. With a partner each child wrote a poem comparing something in nature to an animal. Each had similar characteristics that were portrayed in the poem.
The moon now is the subject of metaphors and similes as the children read the selected moon poems, determine the figurative language that is being used, and draw a picture of the poem.
Grades three, four, and five have finished their respective novels and are working on post-reading activities.
Grade three has completed a graphic organizer answering the question:" Besides Patty, who is the most important person on Shine?" The children are going back into the text, quoting from it, and writing the impact of their character on Shine.
After completing Call It Courage, the fourth grade is discussing the concepts of conflict and change in the book. Later they will be completing an organizer similar to what third grade did. In addition, students will continue their study of the brain.
Fifth grade students finished The Corn Grows Ripe and wrote a response dealing with change in characters. They continue to focus on the study of cultures in the Mimi.
