Turn in at the beginning of the following month.
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Time for Kids. ![]() Poetry
As part of the speaking and listening standards, each month students will memorize and present a self-selected poem to the class. You child may choose to do a poem we have practiced in class, a poem from one of the links below, or a poem that was found someplace else.
The poem must be published in a book or on the internet. If poem is from "Room 25 Favorites", know the page number. If the poem is from someplace else, please email/text the poem so I can help, if needed, AND count the lines. Students may earn extra points/lines if the spoken tone matches the tone of the poem, hand motions are used when appropriate, and the poem is done in a volume that the class can easily hear. Students will lose points/line if the poem was not practiced to mastery level and on-going assistance is needed from the teacher. If a longer poem is recited, the extra lines will be "banked", or saved, to be used later in the year. September: week of Sept. 19 6 lines October: week of Oct. 19 8 lines December: 10 lines January: 12 lines February: 14 lines March: 16 lines April: 18 lines May/June: 20 lines Some poetry resources: ![]() Cursive Handwriting![]() Level 1 - Letter Formation
Level 2 - Letter Formation, cont. Level 3 - Paragraphs Cursive Mastery - Practice Cursive Mastery - Assessment
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Cereal Box book report
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Acrostic book report
Genre: Student Choice
Acrostic book report directions
Choose a book that is historical fiction. Historical Fiction presents a story set in the past, often during a significant time period. That time is important to the setting and often the story itself.
- Type or write the setting down the left side of the paper.
- Use those letters as starting points to summarize important events in the story using words and phrases.
- Neat & tidy is important in this project.
- Look at some of the samples below for inspiration.
April puppet book report
Genre: Historical Fiction
Puppet book report directions
How to make a sock puppet video
Grown-ups will need to help with hot glue
Grown-ups will need to help with hot glue
Your child needs to read historical fiction this month
- Create a puppet from the main character of the historical fiction book
- There are many different kinds of puppets; sock, paper bag, and hand, that a student could choose to do,
- Write a summary of the book from main character’s FIRST PERSON point of view.
- When performing, student may read the summary. It does not need to be memorized.
- When presenting to the class, the student should be easily heard.
- Turn in summary AND checklist
Paper Bag book report
Genre: Fiction
Paper Bag Book Report Directions
September - Memory String book report
Genre: Fiction
"Memory String" Book Repor (pdf )
"Memory String" Book Report - Word doc
Your child reads a work of fiction.
- Then, your child fills out the organizer to show what charms, beads, baubles, or what-nots best symbolizes that element of the story. Include an explanation of why that "what-not" works as a symbol.
- After that, your child creates the memory string of that story.
- The charms and baubles may be made or found.
- Please use durable materials for this project. If using lightweight paper, glue it onto heavy cardstock or cardboard, so the pieces don't curl.
- The organizer AND Memory String book report BOTH need to be turned in.
October - Pizza book report
Genre: Mystery
"Pizza" book report directions
"Pizza" Book Report & Checklist (PDF version)
- Your child needs to read a mystery.
- As the mystery is being read, your child fills out the slices of the pizza on the second page.
- Then, your child decorates the first page to be the top of the pizza. Cut and staple/glue the decorated pieces so the writing underneath may be viewed.
- Finally, fill out the checklist and turn it in with the pizza.
- TIP: If the pizza id too small to provide enough writing space, enlarge it onto ledger paper for an extra-large pizza!
Steps to doing your pizza Mystery book report:
A few more pictures of pizzas!
Biography book report
Genre: Biography or Autobiography
Biography book report directions
Your child reads a biography or autobiography.
- While reading, your child makes notes on the organizer of important facts and the pages the facts can be found on.
- After reading, your child chooses at least 5 interesting facts to highlight on their book report.
- Birth and Death information may be reported, but are not part of the 5 facts.
- Also included in this project :
- Why is this person important for us to know about?
- How does the object represent their person?
- Look at some of the samples above for inspiration.