Imaginative Stories, Earth Day and Angry Verbs

We are right in the middle of our imaginative story writing unit and I have to say that our stories are pretty cute. A typical story writing activity begins with a class discussion on how we can create a great story. A story must have a main character, a setting, a problem and a solution (beginning, middle, and end). Next we create a planning page where we brainstorm our thoughts and ideas and sequence our story parts in the correct order. After completing our planning page we write our stories. When our stories are finished, we use our writer's eye to edit our work for any missing words and errors in spelling and punctuation. Finally, we complete a published copy by typing our stories in the computer lab. The whole process usually takes place over a few days. Take a look at what we've created so far.

Here are few examples of our stories.

The Mushroom by A.M.

Once upon a time there was a talking mushroom. She had purple polka dots and was brown in colour. She said to herself that she wanted to be eaten by someone, but no one liked mushrooms around where she lived. One day when a chef put a pizza on the counter, she hopped in it. Then she hid in the cheese pizza. When the pizza came out, the mushroom got eaten by some people and they didn't taste her because she was under the cheese and her wish came true.

The End

Friends by N.C.

Once upon a time there lived three sisters. They were in first grade and they were six years old. They wanted to be in second grade so bad but they were still too little. They decided to put on a pair of shoes to look taller so they could go into second grade. This did not work. At the end of the year they turned seven years old and they got to go to second grade and lived happily ever after.

The End

Santa by H.B.

Once upon a time there lived a Santa that was so hungry. He wanted lots of cookies and milk but he couldn't find cookies and milk. So Mrs. Claus gave him cookies and milk. After, Santa was so full that he was fatter than a pig! He was happy and he lived fatly ever after.

The End

The Hunter and the Bow by C.L.

Once upon a time there was a hunter with a bow and arrow. He wanted to kill a grizzly bear but the grizzly bear was too strong. So the hunter set a trap with a big cage that would trap the bear. Then the bear was caught and the hunter killed the bear. He used the bear's fur for a carpet and the bear's head as a picture for the wall.

The End

The Little IPod by A.H.

Once upon a time there was a little IPod. She wanted to go to school but she was only two years old. So the little IPod snuck into her big sister's bag. Then the little IPod got to spend her whole day at school.

The End

Earth Day

This week, our class celebrated Earth Day by learning about the three R's:

REDUCE

REUSE

RECYCLE

Since the sun was shining, we took the opportunity to walk to Port Kells Park and explore nature. We recorded the things that we saw, smelled, heard and felt. In keeping with the Earth Day theme, we also helped clean-up the park.

The Life Cycle of a Bean

You may have notice that your child brought home a bean plant this week. Over the past 3 weeks we planted a little bean seed and observed it's life cycle. Here are a few photos of our observations.

Day 4

Day 7



Day 9



Day 12

We are observing a few other plants in our classroom , as well as some potato plants that Mr. M's class have planted outdoors.

Verbs

Finally, we've been learning all about verbs. A verb is an action word. We created these cute flowers and wrote our favourite verbs on each of the petals. Then we wrote a sentence on the stem and underlined the verb in our sentence.

 We also created an Angry Verbs bulletin board display. Each of the students chose their favourite Angry Bird and wrote another sentence which contained a verb. Once again they underlined the verb in their sentence. We are getting pretty good at recognizing verbs.

Enjoy your evening!

Mrs. Singh