We have been paying attention to signs of spring during recess and our time in the forest for ECO.  While it has sometimes felt like winter, the changes we have noticed are confirmation that spring is well underway.  With this in mind we spent some time this week creating a class poem.  We began each line with the repeated phrase "Spring is..." Each verse was written on a sentence strip and we played around a little bit with the order of the lines.  We made the poem a little more interesting by adding some sound words.  Finally we made watercolor paintings to illustrate our poem.  Children have been encouraged to use this format to create their own poems during writing, especially if they are having a hard time thinking of something to write about.

SPRING

Spring is swimming

Spring is jumping in puddles

splish splash splish splash

Spring is birds flying to flowers

cheep, tweet, conk la ree

Spring is playing soccer

kick, thump, GOAL

Spring is fishing at Blueberry Lake

blub, blub, SPLASH

Spring is beautiful flowers

Spring is colorful

yellow, green, orange, pink, red