Fabulously Froggy

April is National Frog Month and National Poetry month, so it seemed only natural to put the two together. After reading a variety of fictional and nonfictional books about frogs and learning how to write several different kinds of poems my kids wrote frog inspired haikus. As always, our writing was accompanied by an art project. Not only did their frogs turn out super cute, but their haikus were fabulous as well! We got so many compliments from visitors and teachers walking down the hall that I had to share!

In addition to these cute little guys, the kids also responded to the story "Froggy Eats Out." In this book the loveable Froggy goes out to eat for his parents' anniversary and nothing goes as planned. The kids were asked to write about what they would have done if they were Froggy. Some of their responses were absolutely precious- -especially the one below!

♥ Ms. Lee

Homophone Hares

We have all found ourselves tricked by homophones at one time or another. We all know how confusing they can be and if they're confusing for adults, imagine how scary they are for kids. One of our spelling units involved homophone pairs. I've seen the homophone "pears" activity, but I wanted to do something different. It was a few weeks before spring break could arrive and my kids definitely had spring fever. After talking about homophones and playing homophone matching games, I decided to have my kids create "homophone hares." They turned out absoutely adorable and the kids had a blast making them.

My kids had so much fun making their homophone hares that I decided to make a few center activities that they could use during the small group portion of our day.

♥ Ms. Lee