Welcome: April is Poetry Month
1. The Earth is Wet: Celebrate the Seasons with Poetry | ||||||||||||
Yes,
it rains in Oregon, and once again, we are hoping our inevitable April showers
will bring May flowers! Consider greeting your children at the door with a small
poem reflecting the weather or the changing seasons.
April is Poetry Month!
Weave
poetry into your ongoing science adventures. Here is our expanding collection
for your Poetry "I Can Read" Notebook:
When
children memorize, recite, and perform the words of carefully selected poetry,
they develop English language fluency with the most exquisite language we speak;
they practice high-frequency words and phonics in an authentic context; and,
most importantly, they develop a love for the sounds of language.
What
words do you carry in the corners of your mind from your own childhood? Let's
help our children paint words in their own memories that will last a
lifetime!
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2. Oviparous and Metamorphosis: Voracious Vocabulary | ||
I
am continually delighted when master kindergarten teachers integrate powerful
vocabulary into the life of their classroom.
Wise
teachers build voracious vocabulary learning habits systematically, mindfully,
and playfully throughout the curriculum. Their classrooms are talking
classrooms. In those classrooms, rich vocabulary is introduced through authentic
learning experiences and often reinforced with poetry and song—and the children
in those classrooms become natural collectors of wonderful new words. SAT
Vocabulary in kindergarten? Why not! Common Core Standards validates the need
for rigorous vocabulary instruction.
See
article: Children are Voracious Vocabulary Learners
Parent as Partners Letter: Voracious Vocabulary Learners "The Metamorphosis" Songby Diane BonicaTune: Alouette
(Used
with permission.)
Metamorphosis,
meta, meta, morphosis.
Metamorphosis, it’s a word for change. If you are a caterpillar, you’ll become a butterfly. Caterpillar, butterfly! Caterpillar, butterfly! Metamorphosis, meta, meta, morphosis. Metamorphosis, it’s a word for change. (See entire song) "Oviparous Song"by Diane BonicaTune: Mickey Mouse Club Theme Song
(Used
with permission.)
There's
a word that we have heard and YOU should learn it too!
Oviparous! Oviparous! They lay eggs for you! Oviparous…egg layers! Oviparous…egg layers! It is a word and we have heard it’s true, true, true! So come along and join this song for all egg layers too. Oviparous! Oviparous! They lay eggs for YOU!
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3. Earth Day and April Science Connections | |
April
22 is date of the annual Earth Day. To celebrate Earth Day, Sharon
Mattioli wrote this song, which became an illustrated class Big Book for shared
learning around this important theme.
"I Love the Earth"Tune: Eency Weency Spider
I
love the Earth and everything that lives.
I love the flowers and beauty each one gives. I love the animals and the fish at sea. For I am a part of Mother Earth, And it's a part of me.
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