May News

 

 

Language Arts

 

                 

 

 

 

                                                  

 

Students will start this unit comparing and contrasting poetry with narrative and informational texts. Once students have discussed this, students will identify the characteristics of poetry.  Following this, students will distinguish that poems express feelings. Students will read many poems and identify the mood of the poems.

 

Baseball Stress

 

Oh, no!

I’m up at bat!

I think,

What if I get embarrassed!

Will I hit a grand slam?

 

The crowd is cheering,

It’s the end of the 9^th inning,

What am I going to do?

There’s only 30 seconds left!

Here goes the pitch,

Now I feel persistent,

 

I hit the ball,

A grand slam!

 

I run like the wind,

I feel like the road runner.

 

The outfielders can’t find the ball.

We won!

13-10, Stars ahead by 3!

I did it!

The crowd comes on the field.

Now we’re off to

A victory party!

 

 

Shadows

 

Shadows

Shadows creeping

In my closet

Under my bed

Shadows watching…

Watching every move I make

Watching…

From behind the bookcase

And in the dusty dresser drawers

Shadows looking around the corner

Upon the stairway

Behind the rocking chair that creaks when it rocks

Shadows staring

Staring through me

From next to the sofa

And staring through the keyhole in the attic door

Shadows seeing

Seeing everything

Seeing that I am scared

Seeing that I hurry to get into the sunlight

Shadows following

Following me

Dancing up the walls

Chasing me across the ceiling

Never leaving…

Shadows.

 

 

 

Students will learn that a poem contains stanzas and lines rather than paragraphs and sentences.  Students will understand that the stanzas in a poem connect to one another.  Stanzas are sequenced and enhance the meaning of the poem.

 

 

Students will partake in writing a free verse poem after examining the components of a free verse poem. Then students will learn how to convert a narrative piece into a free verse poem.

 

I had to go the hospital in the middle of the night for them to check my breathing. I was so scared, and so was everyone else. But none of us said anything. We just sat there waiting for help. 

 

I had to go to the hospital                       Hospital

in the middle of the night                        at midnight

for them to check my breathing.           having breathing problems.

I was so scared,                                        Scared to death.

and so was everyone else.                       Everyone else too.

But none of us said anything.                 Silence!

We all sat waiting for help.                     Patience and helpless

 Students will then compose a shape poem.

Mathematics

The next math unit for the class is graphing and measurement.

Students will learn about pictographs and bar graphs. After they are presented with data, students will create their own graphs.

                                             

 

                                          

                                               

 

 

 

Science

 

                                        

 

 

Students will learn about the life cycle of the Brassica plant.  Students will learn the parts of a seed.  Then they will plant a seed and observe the changes which will take place over a period of six weeks. Students will illustrate, explain in writing, measure and graph the growth of their plant.

 

                                       

 

The class still has so much more learning to do!