Saturday, March 31, 2012

How the Caterpillar Got its Stripes

We read a fable about how the bear got a short tail. We then thought of our own ideas for similar fables. Here is Nancy reading her story about the caterpillar and its stripes.

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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Dragon Cinquains

We have been writing cinquain poems about dragons. First we had to think about the characteristics of a dragon. Then we had to think of some other words for the dragon. Next we had to think of some adjectives to describe the animal, and some verbs connected with the animal. Finally we had to write a short phrase (a group of words) to do with the animal.

Then we used the format of a cinquain poem.  Here are some of our poems.






Be Prepared to be Amazed

This story is chapter one of Kevin's dragon story!
Watch out for his incredible use of language!!


The Mystery Has Just Begun
Chapter One
Once upon a time there was a great knight, a peaceful one.  People called that knight the mystical knight.  The land was called Advena, the Land of the Mysterious Dragons.  The dragons weren’t friendly at all.  That’s why they needed knights to fight them off.
One day in Advena a robot dragon shot right down and struck right at the mystical knight’s meditation room, and blasted a flamy fire.  But as fast as lightning the mystical knight dodged it and looked at him, and did a fiery flame back, but the robot dragon flew back up. 
The mystical knight said, “What was that power?  Where did it come from?”
He was thinking someone had made it.  But who?
To be continued.........
Be prepared to read chapter two,
The  Dragon’s End!

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Compound Wordle

A compound word is a word made of two smaller words.
We played a compound word game.  Then we made the words into a wordle.  How many compound words can you find?

Monday, March 5, 2012

The Baby Dragon

Here is our next dragon story. Written and narrated by Krisha!

Saturday, March 3, 2012

The River Race

We read the story of how the calendar was created in China. There are different versions. This is Nancy's version.

Mihi

We have been writing our mihi and looking at how to present them. This is one way.