Colorful Spring!
 A Collaborative Internet Literacy Project   Spring 2007

Mrs. Sandy Hammock K-4 Resource Classes
Howe Elementary School
Howe, T
exas
Class Website

We looked at all the different class poems from the 2005 project.
Then, we read the following books and talked about signs of Spring in Texas:

Spring Has Sprung by Jennifer Walters
Curious George Flies a Kite by Margaret Rey 
Wake Me in Spring by James Preller 
The Froggy Fable by John Lechmer 
Here Comes the Strikeout  
How Do You Know It's Spring 
and Mrs. Hammock's son's 7th grade Science project-- a notebook of Texas Wildflowers

We also listened to Louis Armstrong, "What a Wonderful World" and on May 1, we will write poems with the 5 W's poetry format. 
 

How Do We Know It's Spring?
by Jose' and Shelby, 1st graders
 
When we can go outside to play and the flowers are blooming, then we know it's spring time!
 
When Mrs. Hammock will take us outside for Reading class, and we can see and hear a black bird, then it is Spring!
 
When we see yellow, blue, pink, purple and white flowers and the grass is green. . .
It is Spring!
 

My Free Thoughts about Spring by Dylan - 2nd grade
 
One day, it was Spring, and it was sunny and bright yellow flowers were blooming. That's what makes Spring pretty!

Spring
by Megan, 3rd grade
 
In Spring, it is colorful. . .red, blue, yellow and green are the colors you see. The flowers bloom, birds fly, and some people fly kites. Warm weather brings out butterflies and bees. 

Springtime
by EJay - 3rd grade
 
Spring is fun.
I want to run.
There are many colors
in Spring. . .
red, blue, purple, yellow and pink flowers like roses, bluebonnets, sunflowers, daisies and buttercups.

 

 

We Like Spring
 by Shelia & Cheyenne, 4th grade


We like Spring, because you can see flowers blooming.  You can see butterflies flying from flower to flower.
 
We also see bees taking nectar from flowers to their hives.
 
 We can see baby birds in their nest waiting for their mothers to bring them worms.

Texas Poem
By Dakota and Sierra

W is for wildflowers blooming all over Texas.
I is for iris growing on a vine.
L is for lilies growing on the Texas grounds.
D is for daisies growing on a vine.
F is for fire lilies spreading all over Texas.
L is for Lorenzo flowers all over Texas.
O is for ongoing flowers blooming in the night.
W is for wonder's of wildflower colors.
E is for every flower spreading all over.
R is for rainbow flowers all over the Texas.
S is for honey suckles in the Texas bushes.

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You can see many more of our students' poems on our
class website soon.
 

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
 
These are just a few of the learning standards that correlated with this project. There are very many that it covered!
The student will. . .
determine purpose for listening.
develop vocabulary by listening to selections read aloud
draw on experiences to bring meanings to words in context.
study word meanings systematically across curricular content areas and through current events.
 
generate ideas and plans for writing by using such prewriting strategies as brainstorming, graphic organizers, notes and logs.
 
revise selected drafts by adding, elaborating, deleting, combining and rearranging text.
use available technology to support aspects of creating, revising, editing and publishing texts.
proofread his/her own writing and that of others.

 

Floral and Rainbow Backgrounds 

© 2007 - Marci McGowan - Colorful Spring!