The Future New York City

New York City has changed incredibly over the years. 

Think about how much New York might change over the next hundred years.  Think about how transportation, buildings, the skyline, and the population could change.

Add a comment below stating how you think it might change.  Think about things like the buildings, the way the city looks, transportation, where people live, eat and play.   Make sure to include facts and reasons.

Jan Brett Author Study

We have read many books by Jan Brett.  Think about them and answer at least 3 of the following questions about them.

 

What is your favorite book by Jan Brett? Why do you like it?

What was  you favorite part?

Who was you favorite character? Why?

What text to  self connections did you make?

What text to text connections did you make?

What kind of book would you like her to write next?

Class 2-212: Picture Puzzle

Picture Puzzle by Shel Silverstein

One picture puzzle piece
Lyin’ on the sidewalk,
One picture puzzle piece
Soakin’ in the rain,
It might be a button of blue
On the coat of the woman
Who lived in a shoe.
It might be a magical bean,
Or a fold in the red
Velvet robe of a queen.
It might be the one little bite
Of the apple her stepmother
Gave to Snow White.
It might be the veil of a bride
Or a bottle with some evil genie inside.
It might be a small tuft of hair
On the big bouncy belly
Of Bobo the Bear.
It might be a bit of the cloak
Of the witch of the West
As she melted to smoke.
It might be a shadowy trace
Of a tear that runs down an angel’s face.
Nothing has more possibilities
Than one old wet picture puzzle piece.

Read the poem and then answer the following questions.

What do you think the puzzle piece might be of?
Is it one of the items mentioned in the poem or something else?
Where do you think the puzzle piece came from?
If you were going to create a puzzle what scene would you make? Describe it.
Name two fairy tales that are mentioned in this poem.

Leaders and Role Models

Anyone can be a leader or a role model!

Pick one person that you think is a leader or a role model.  This person can be a someone from the past, or someone in the present.  They can even be someone that you know!

Share with us a person you think is a leader or a role model.   Tell us why they are a role model, what do they do?

Who do you think is a leader or a role model? Why?

Confession by Bruce Lansky

Confession
by Bruce Lansky

I have a brief confession
that I would like to make.
If I don’t get it off my chest
I’m sure my heart will break.

I didn’t do my reading.
I watched TV instead—
while munching cookies, cakes, and chips
and cinnamon raisin bread.

I didn’t wash the dishes.
I didn’t clean the mess.
Now there are roaches eating crumbs—
a million, more or less.

I didn’t turn the TV off.
I didn’t shut the light.
Just think of all the energy
I wasted through the night.

I feel so very guilty.
I did a lousy job.
I hope my students don’t find out
that I am such a slob.

After reading the first 4 stanzas who do you think is talking?

Who is really talking?  How do you know?

How does this poem make you feel after reading it?

The first time I read this poem I thought it was a student that wrote it.  Then after I finished reading I realized it was a teacher!  It reminded me that sometimes teachers make mistakes too.  I was able to  visualize everything the teacher was doing because of the descriptive language the poet used.  While I was reading I pictured a student in my head doing these things, but at the end the picture changed when I found out it was a teacher.

Posted by Ms. Vought

Class2-206 – Walking Home in a Storm

WALKING HOME IN A STORM

To the beat of the wind,

the trees dance and sway.

The rain seeps down

my raincoat neck,

dripping, dropping

every which way.

I smell the earth all soggy wet.

A boom!

A slash!

A lightning flash!

I scurry along

and slip and trip.

But then I stop

and enjoy each drop.

I taste a raindrop on my cheek.

It’s salty and it’s kind of sweet.

I let myself get wonderfully  wet

and I jump in the

next…..

big…..

PUDDLE!

During our poetry unit, we realize that poetry depends on our senses.  This poem “Walking Home in a Storm” made me visualize and experience our senses of hearing, touching, tasting, smelling and feeling all at once.

Read this poem and tell me how you feel?  Then answer these question.

l.  What senses did this poet use?

2. Tell one phrase that describes each of the senses used.

3. Are there any descriptive words that helped you to visualize?

4. What does the mood seem to be (angry, joyous,sad,silly etc.)

5. How do you think the author felt when he wrote this poem?  Have you ever felt this way?

6. Can you think of another title for this poem?

posted by Mrs.S.Naidoo – Class 2-206

What I Found in My Desk by Bruce Landsky

A ripe peach with an ugly bruise,

a pair of stinky tennis shoes,

a day-old ham-and-cheese on rye,

a swimsuit that I left to dry,

a pencil that glows in the dark,

some bubble gum found in the park,

a paper bag with cookie crumbs,

an old kazoo that barely hums,

a Spelling test that I almost failed,

a letter I should have mailed

and one more thing, I must confess,

a note from teacher, Clean This Mess!!!

Read this poem  and answer the following:

1.  Name five things that are in this desk.  Then write the  words that the poet uses to describe these things that you choose.

2.  What words help you to visualize what is in this desk?

3.  What do you  smell, hear, taste, and feel as you read the poem?

Posted by Ms. B’s  Class 2-213

Class 2-212 Sunflakes by Frank Asch

If sunlight fell like snowflakes,

gleaming yellow and so bright,

we could build a sunman,

we could have a sunball fight,

we could watch the sunflakes

drifting in the sky.

We could go sleighing

in the middle of July

through sundrifts and sunbanks,

we could ride a sunmobile,

and we could touch sunflakes-

I wonder how they’d feel.

Do you think you would like to play with sunflakes?

What other activities might you do with sunflakes? Describe them.

Do you think the author is being serious or silly?  Tell why  you think that.

Mrs. Zolna

What is Red? by Mary O’Neill

We talked about how different colors make us feel a certain way. For example blue makes us feel sad. Now we are going to look at how the color red makes us feel. Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.

What is Red? by Mary O’Neil

Red is sunset

Blazing and bright.

Red is feeling brave

with all your might.

Red is a sunburn

Spot on your nose.

sometimes red

Is a red, red, rose.

Red squiggles out

when you cut your hand.

Red is a brick

and the sound of aband.

Red is hotness

you get inside

when your embarassed

and want to hide.

fire-cracker, fire-engine

fire- flicker red–

and you’re angry

Red runs through your head.

Red is an Indian

a Valentine heart.

the trimmings on

A circus cart.

Red is a lipstick

Red is a shout

Red is a signal

that says “WATCH OUT!”

Red is great big

rubber ball.

Red is the giantest

color of all.

Red is a show-off.

No doubt about it.

but can you imagine

living with out it?

1. List a few things that the author thinks about when she sees red.

2. Do you agree or disagree with the author about the color red? For example, do you think “red is a great big rubber ball”? Why or why not?

3. Why do you think the authorsays  ” red is feeling brave with all your might”?

4. Do you like this poem? Why or why not?

5. What would another good title for this poem be?

posted by Ms. Zabar for class 2-210

Today is Very Boring by: Jack Prelutsky

Today is Very Boring

Today is very boring,

it’s a very boring day

there’s nothing much to look at,

there’s nothing much to say,

there’s a peacock on my sneakers,

there’s a penguin on my head,

there’s a dormouse on my doorstep,

I’m going back to bed.

Today is very boring,

it’s boring through and through,

there is absolutelty nothing

that I think I want to do,

I see giants riding rhinos,

and an ogre with a sword,

there’s a dragon blowing smoke rings,

I’m positively bored.

Today is very boring,

I can hardly help but yawn,

there’s a flying saucer landing

in the middle of my lawn,

a volcano just erupted

less than half a mile away,

and I think I feel an eathquake,

it’s a very boring day.

This s a poem by Jack Prelutsky who is my favorite poet. I love the way he uses his imagination and the descriptive words that he uses. When I read it I visualize many things happening. Tell me how you feel about this poem……

• What do you visualize when you read this poem?
• How do you think the author was feeling when he wrote it? Have you ever felt that way?
• What are some of the descriptive words he used to help you visualize?
• What would be another good title for this poem? Do you like this poem? why or why not?

Posted by: Ms. Dalhouse for class 2-211