Thursday, April 29, 2010

poetry night

Roses are red, violets are blue
At Poetry Night, it was nice to see you!

Thank you to all sixteen of our classes falmilies for attending Second Grade's Poetry Night! Lots came to write and publish poems with their families on paper and on the computers. Others had the courage to perform on the microphone in the Poetry Cafe. Almost everyone followed the poetry clues on the Treasure Hunt. I am so proud of your Poetry Statue performances and enjoyed your props as well. I hope you had as much fun as I did seeing everyone there!

Nicholas recited his poem at the Poetry Cafe...Save the Whales!
Joaquin read a poem called Elevator as he hunted around the school for poems
Alyssa wrote an acrostic poem called REY about her brother and another about her Dad!
Alexander and his Dad creating an acrostic poem
Push! Customers walked by and saw Alexei come to life reciting Slow Sloth's Slow Song
Rachel came to life to recite Elephant and she knew it by heart!
Look at Laurel all cozy in her robe! When her button was pushed she recited The Monster.

art awareness

Today we had Art Awareness and learned about the famous Winslow Homer. He was born in1836 - a long time ago! He was an Amercian landscape painter. This painting is called Snap the Whip. He used watercolors - greens, browns, reds, and blues to paint kids of all ages outside their schoolhouse in the country. We are artists too! Today we're coming home with a watercolor painting of our own!