Poetry

The students have started studying poetry and it's different characteristics. We now know that there are many kinds of poetry and not all have to rhyme. The first poem we studied today is an acrostic poem. Acrostic poems use the letters of the topic to begin each line. All lines should relate to the word going down. Remember it can be more than one word as long as it is still within the topic. 

M - agnificent 
S. - mart
C - heerful 

Can you make your own acrostic poem?

On Wednesday we will be starting descriptive poetry by doing a mystery game:

http://bellbulldogreaders.edublogs.org/2012/04/10/paperbag-poetry-in-first-grade/

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Symbols in Mapping

Today we talked about some of the symbols we can find in mapping. What defines a symbol? As Catholics we recognize that one of the main symbols of our faith is the cross, which represents Jesus' love for us. But what about in our town? What kind of symbols can you find in Milton? We investigated our trusty Milton community bus maps to find out. 

Questions to consider:
 - Why is that symbol a certain color or shape?
-  Is that symbol seen or used in more than one area?
-  Have we seen certain symbols near our school that would tell us where we are? What are they?

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