Week of May 23-26

This week, some 3rd grade classes worked on self image poems, making sure to include very specific details that allow us to really get to know them. One class learned about how to create blackout poetry. A blackout poem is when a poet takes a marker (usually black marker) to already established text–like in a newspaper or book- and crosses out words until a poem is formed. The trick is to find important words that, when put together, have meaning to the poet that is totally unrelated to the original text. Check out some examples written by my AMAZING 3rd grade poets!

he landed
thump!
he laughed
did I do wrong?
No
nice try
I'll try again
I believe

you could do it
breathe deeply
now climb
to the top of the
world
then jump out into
the air

Because of the field trip and NJ ASK, I didn't get much time with the 4th graders this week. The one class I met with learned about the director's role in a play. One student took on the role of the director and guided his/her classmates in acting out the opening scene from Macbeth. We will continue working on this next week!

The 5th graders added visuals to enhance their TED Talks and practiced with a partner. I can't wait to hear the talks the next time we meet!