Today we explored different ways to generate writing ideas, such as using license plates to create stories. Maybe we'd write about a vacation or what license plates we may see when we are around Dorney Park. We played with numbers and letters from license plates. For a Connecticut license plate, we wrote about 3 mummies in Egypt and how we'd never want to get Lost with them there!
We read The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow, paintings by Wendell Minor. In this picture book, a boy asks his mother "What is the seashore like?" We noted delicious or juicy words in the book and then used our own describing words both before and after handling shells tucked in sand. We found that after touching and examining the shells, our words were richer than when we had taken a quick look at them. Sara was inspired to write about seashells in a poem that she shared with the class.
Speaking of poems...Ms. Greenspan actually rapped a poem-- twice ( we begged). It is called "School Daze Rap" that is in a book called Lunch Money and Other Poems about School. She promised that if she does it again in the fall, she will wear rapper clothes.
Finally, we spent additional time in the computer lab finishing and printing pieces that we want to share for Friday's event. We are very excited!
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