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Winter in Michigan is long, gray and cold so in our second grade class of 24 children we have been eagerly awaiting the Changes of Spring. We took hikes along the Red Cedar River, which runs along the back of our school grounds and read books and generally anticipated what will be happening as the weather warms and the days grow longer. We wrote the following cinquain poems to show how we feel about Spring. The kites on which we wrote the poems make a wonderful bulletin board, as you can see: |
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We also enjoyed the poems in the books listed and then made Kidspiration graphic organizers about our favorites. (Some of the graphic organizers list the child who made it as the author and some of them list the poem’s writer as the author). Eric Carle’s Animals, Animals by Eric Carle Run, Zebra, Run by Tony Chen A Little Book of Little Beasts by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Peter Parnall An Arkful of Animals by William Cole, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger Animal Crackers by Betsy Lewin I’m Gonna Tell Mama I Want an Iguana by Tony Johnson, illust. by Lillian Hoban A Hippopotamusn’t by J. Patrick Lewis, illust. by Victoria Chess A Book of Pigericks by Arnold Lobel Beastly Rhymes by Jack Hanrahan and Phil Hahn, illust. by Jack Hanrahan I Went to the Animal Fair by William Cole, illust. by Colette Rosselli A Child’s Bestiary by John Gardner (and family) Feather of Fur by Grete Mannheim Poetry of Earth selected and illustrated by Adrienne Adams |
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