Colorful Spring!
 A Collaborative Internet Literacy Project   Spring 2007

Mrs. Elaine Ireland's Terrific Twos
Duncan J. Schoular Public School
Smiths Falls, Ontario
Canada

We learned the song/poem Spring Voices by Anonymous.

"Listen" said the pussy willows,
"I can hear the brook,
Spring is coming. Spring is coming.
Let's go out and look."

Out the little pussies ventured,
Creeping up the stem,
All in little furry garments,
Every one of them.

Bluebirds 'mong the leafless branches,
Sang right merrily,
Pussies clambered up to listen
To their song of glee.

"Listen" said the pussy willow.
"l can hear a bird,
Spring is here; it is the sweetest
Song I ever heard."

In our study of this poem/song we found rhyming words on lines 2 and 4, quotation marks and signs of spring. The students drew pictures to illustrate this song/poem. 

We focused on making pictures with our words through 5 Senses and Cinquain poetry. 
 

5 Senses Poems

In spring I see pussywillows
In spring I hear Canada geese honk
In spring I feel new grass
In spring I taste taffy
In spring I smell mud

by Byron

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In spring I see soccer
In spring I hear cheering
In spring I feel excitement
In spring I taste water
In spring I smell hotdogs

by Christine

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In spring I see birds
In spring I hear wind
In spring I feel new grass
In spring I taste taffy
In spring I smell flowers

by Cody

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In spring I see jump rope
In spring I hear birds singing
In spring I feel happy because I can skip to l000
In spring I taste a drink of cream soda
In spring I smell new grass growing

by Tiffany

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A Cinquain

Wetland
wet plants
flying, walking, floating
happy, surprised, hungry, sad
wetland

by Brittany K.