Classroom blog vodcast

L oves

A nimals

U nderstanding

R eads well

E njoys

N ights at Jade's house

This and the one below are samples I used in my classroom for this type of poem.

J ust

A little

D ancer that

E ntertains

Please check back in a few days for our podcast of poems and (hopefully) pics of the students!

Student Comments

Since most of my student do not have access to after school Internet, and our parish would not open the blog site, my students all typed comments about the blog and activities relating to the technology class. I copied and pasted them onto the blog...


mrs. amy can we do more stories on the computer and show them to other classes?
Robert

I like the poems Miss Amy they are fun to do.
Daniel

I hated poems they are dum.
Carlvontonio

We really really really like to drew the pitures for the book.
Cedric

Can I still come to your house and look at the stuff on the computer I want to help you do more Miss Amy ok Miss Amy
JaLeshia

Ryan- I like your computer at your house mrs Amy. Can I come back and see it one more time? Please miss Amy
love ryan


I had fun doing it all.
Keith


I hope we do it again next year miss amy.
kevin


I want to do another story one.
Stantrez


Will you ask my mom if I can have my own computer so I can do my own photostory thing
Deterion


I had fun with all of them, but my favorite was the map with the pictures we did for the poems.
Brent


it was ok
JAMARIO


some people are scared of funny things Mrs. Amy.
keroscious


Are you still going to put the poems in a book for us?
Donald


Doing this was more fun than working.
DAngelo


As you can tell, my class had mixed reactions to the projects. Although my blog was based on the Poetry unit, we used concept maps, photostory, and some even did a podcast of their poems. I tried to upload pics of them working, but for some reason my blog would not except them. I know this is the last day for our blogs, but I will continue to upload to it and keep trying to put pics on it. I print the new posts for my students to take home to their parents. We include other things in the "class paper" and the parents seem to enjoy it. We are putting our poems into a photostory and it will be played at 5th grade's Honors Day Program!

Bio Poems

LAST NAMES (LAST LINE) ARE LEFT OFF TO ENSURE STUDENTS PRIVACY

Robert

Touchy, good, caring, & friendly

son of Paula

Who loves Chicken, Mom,Dad, and siblings

Who feels dizzy, crazy,Woozy, and lonely

Who fears snakes, sharks, sting rays, & bulls

Who one 1st place in 2008 Field day races

Who wants to explore a volcano

Who lives in Homer

Brent

friendly, careful, and talkative

Member of Ebenezer Baptist Church

Who loves his family, friends,& football

Who feels loved and cared for, but sad

Who fears hurricanes and sting rays

Who has won an essay contest

Who wants to go to space

Who lives in Homer

Jamario

loving, careful, & thankful

son of Sheila, member of 4-H

who loves mom, neices, & Granny

who feels passion & love

who fears snakes, heights, & black cats

who has earned a 1st place medal

who dreams of being a movie star

who lives in Homer

Keroscious

funny, playful, silly

son of Cordney, sister of Meshunta

who loves his sister, mom, & dog

who fears cats, sharks, squirrels, & snakes

who feels silly and loved

who has won a trophy in basketball

who would like to see the ocean & Steeler's play

who lives in Homer

CARL

ROUGH & PLAYFUL

SON OF BARBRA

WHO LOVES SPORTS

WHO FEELS MAD & SAD

WHO FEARS DOGS, BEES, & RATS

WHO KNOWS BASEBALL

WHO WANTS TO BE A COMEDIAN IN OHIO

WHO LIVES IN HOMER

ryan

happy, friendly, funny

who is a 5th grade student

who loves mom, dad, & jim

who feels loved and cared for

who fears spiders & heights & death

who has won a trophy in a state football game

who would like to see the bottom of the ocean & Heaven

who lives in Homer

Donald

Good, Funny, Playful

Who is the oldest twin & brother

Who loves his Family and Football

Who feels Love, Passion, & Sadness

Who fears Mom's Death & BLACK CATS

Who wants to see a White Tiger & a Ninja

Who lives in Homer

D'Angelo

careful, quiet, easygoing

student of Mrs. Jones & Mrs. Amy

who loves my mom, dad, & my phone

who feels hurt, lonely, & my phone

who fears sharks, earthquakes, & volcanos

who wants to go to Ohio

who lives in Homer

Keith

Happy & Friendly

Who is a student of Mrs. Amy

Who cares for my family

Who feels loved & cared for

Who has a fear of death

Who has won a football trophy

Who wants to see a lion

Who lives in Homer

Spring Break

Hope everyone is having a wonderful break. For thoes of you who have not been to my house yet, Krystal had her baby. She is planning on bringing her to see the class sometime next week. Remember during the holiday, you are supposed to finish your shape poem. We will definitely be posting our poems next week. I am excited about our poetry book! Presentations were great and now that the iLEAP is under our belt, it is time to have some real fun. Have a great rest of the week.

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. Don't forget to have your shape and fruit poems ready for revision on Tuesday. Parents, we will be posting some of our work on the blog site!! I sent all of you the link, feel free to comment on our classroom blog. We are still having trouble at school getting to the blog, but as I have told you, anytime you would like to come to my place to view it, you are welcome to. A special "THANK YOU" to my group that participated in the photostory project. We had a great time doing it, so much so that we have planned another one for after Spring Break. Have a great weekend, and I will see you on Monday!! Oh, for all of you who have been asking, no, we still don't have a baby!!! Hopefully soon!!

ILEAP

Thank you for your hard work on the poems. Our poetry booklet is comeing along wonderfully!!! It has been a stressful week with the ILEAP and I hope writing the funny shape and fruit poems took your minds off of the stress. We will be publishing some of our poems to our classroom blog next week. A special "THANK YOU" to the students who participated in the photostory project. It was so much fun that I am planning for us to do another one! Remember to have your shape poems finished and ready to revise for Monday and your fruit poem ready for Tuesday. Spring break begins Friday!

Hi Amy. How have you been? It has been a while since our last class together. I hope when I signed into your blog I didn't mess up anything. All of the others required signing in differently. If I need to do something different, let me know.

C u soon.
Rachel Gibson

Supplies

Hope your weekend is going well!!! Students, remember to bring your colored pencils and your permission slips on Monday. We will begin our poetry unit. Groups and jobs will be assigned after the introduction to the unit on Monday. Remember the group work procedures we went over on Friday. The groups will have to work together in creating a lesson on a specific type of poem and will present it to the class on Thursday and Friday. In your presentation be sure to have an example of the type of poem you are presenting. We will work on our presentations Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Remember any questions outside of the classroom can be placed on our classroom blog.

Poetry Unit

This is an overview of the poetry unit we will discuss in class. We will be researching and writing different types of poems. Students will be divided into groups and each person assigned a task in the group. There will be a leader, a note taker, an official questioner (this person will direct group question to the teacher) and a finally, a time keeper. We will be assigning groups and jobs in class on Friday. Each student will be responsible for creating EACH type of poem we study. The groups will research an assigned poetry topic and report to the class. The link (click on the title) will be an excellent place for you to begin learning about poems. If you have any questions feel free to post them on the blog, e-mail me, or ask tomorrow in class. Have a great evening!!