Finishing Up Poetry & Starting Main Idea

Happy Monday! :)

Today the students and I finished up working with Poetry.  We have done a ton of fun things with this unit from Haikus, Limericks, Ballads, Couplets, Free Verse, and Rhyme Scheme.  Today I gave them a mini assessment on poetry by giving them poems and questions to answer about these poems.  It was a very basic activity to see if they could read a poem and then comprehend what it is about.  Here are the documents used:

1st Period (Collaborative Classroom)



3rd Period (Honors Classroom)



4th Period (General Education Classroom)



For Bellwork we have started reviewing and working on Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Word.
I have my students complete a graphic organizer every day for Bellwork when they come into class.  Here is an example of what the sheet looks like:

(Today we did the Prefix: Non)

It has where they list the word part and then circle what type of word part it is.  They define the word, list 8 words that use that prefix, and then draw an illustration for one of the words.  At the bottom they have to use two of the words in a small paragraph.

After Finishing up Poetry we started Main Idea!

Main Idea Notes & Prezi

https://prezi.com/gkabhxzz1g4a/main-idea-and-supporting-details/




We took a quick set of notes and also watched a Brain Pop Video on Main Idea.  There was a mini quiz that went with it and the kids seemed to really enjoy it.  We will continue with Main Idea tomorrow.

Homework that is due Friday:

First Period & Fourth Period

Third Period Honors

Love You All!

Love,
Miss Cannon