We are having so much fun in our new poetry unit. This week I wanted to start with something simple, so we started with similes. So, we started off the week with a little song. I wanted so badly to create a simile song so they could memorize the vocabulary while identifying the purpose of similes. Here is an anchor …
Spring – A Time for New Beginnings
I just love this time of year here in Texas. It’s springtime and everything is starting to bloom. The bluebonnets and Indian paintbrushes are my favorite. I don’t know about you, but winter was downright depressing! We have had a lot of rainy cold weather (for Texas that’s like 35 degrees – don’t judge:) and we have had hardly any …
Seed Story Vs. Watermelon Story
What is a watermelon story? To me a watermelon story is when a kid comes up to you at recess and they tell you everything that happened to them. Where do they usually start their story? At the end. You have to make them back up and tell you all the little seeds that led up to that great big …