Welcome 5th Grade!

I am so glad school has started back again!  Mom has been telling me all about her new 5th graders and she can't stop telling me about you all!  My name is Harley and RRRRReading is my favorite thing to do...well besides chasing a ball, sleeping, doing tricks, and eating!  I can't wait to get started with Reading class and meet all of you!  We are going to have a really exciting, fun, and adventurous time reading all of our books, meeting our goals, and learning new things.  I turned 3 years old this year and I am really getting good at my reading skills and comprehension.  My favorite books of all to read are about dogs!  Getting to read books that are interesting to me are the best to read and keep me wanting to read more.  I am so glad that mom made this blog so that I can be a part of your class and get to know you and stay in touch with you and what your learning.  So, let's start by you telling me a little about yourselves...

1. What is your favorite kinds of books to read?

2. If you read over the summer what books did you read?

3. What is your goal for Reading this year?

4. What can you do this year to improve from last year?

I can't wait to hear from you all and get to know more about you!  We are going to have so much fun this year!  Happy Reading! Your  Pawl~Harley the Reading Hound

Passionate Poetry!

We have learned not only to become passionate about poetry, but to also learn just how to read it and really honestly understand what it means.  We have learned that poetry can have many elements, but some that we have recently focused on are mood, tone, consonance, line breaks, rhythm, rhyme scheme, alliteration, and repetition; just to name a few.  You have also written at least two poems by this point.  Our first poem was an acrostic poem, where we used our own name to create a thematic list of words or phrases that described us.  We had a lot of fun with those and I learned so much about you all!  The second poem we have written is called a found poem.  So far the ones I have seen are WONDERFUL!  Please post your found poems here and include what elements you think they have!

Our unit on poetry has turned out so well!  I have really enjoyed the poetry that you have all written and decided how better to share it then to have you post it right here in our blog!  Just remember NO last names and don't forget to give the author of the book you used credit!  I can't wait to see them here!

~Mrs. S