We have a yorkie-poo that is almost 8 months old. He has been a great joy to have around. He is a very happy puppy and well disciplined…for a puppy anyway. And…I must mention that he is very spoiled because he is the ”baby” of the family! This evening, as I sat at the computer working [...]
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Day #4…Poetry Challenge
Posted in poetry, writers notebook, writing, tagged mini-lesson, observing, poetry, poetry challenge, poetry month, scientists, writing on April 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today my mini-lesson was “Poets are like scientists…they observe the world around them. I shared my Old Oak Tree poem from my nature walk on Saturday with the first graders that I am doing a poetry unit with. It was raining outside so we couldn’t go on a nature walk…so we went on a “classroom” [...]