School is out! Yesterday was our last day. We can't believe how the year flew by! Last week we said we would share our cloud activities with you, so here they are!
We first read information about the three main cloud types online. One of our favorite sites was Weather Wiz Kids, but there are a ton more out there. After we took notes from this site, we color coded categories we found within our notes. This helped us with our organization when taking notes from other sites. Eventually, this would also help us organize our expository cloud writing.
To solidify our understanding of the cloud types, and to add on a fun project, we painted a chart of the cirrus, cumulus, and stratus clouds. We included their elevation, and we tried to our best to use the paints to make the clouds look realistic.
After taking notes for a few days, it was time to write our expository piece on clouds. Before we could start, one of our students came up with a fantastic idea on his own. He suggested that we create a Google Slideshow of the information, instead of just typing it in Pages. We couldn't believe how the class bit on that, and how engaged they were. Each slide show included photos and video to go along with the writing. These are some screen shots of part of one of them, since we cannot share them to the public.
While we were writing, we read the book, Cloud Dance by Thomas Locker. It is a beautiful prose picture book. We wanted the kids to experience different types of genre on the topic of clouds. Cloudette, by Thomas Lichtenheld is another delightful fiction story on clouds. It is filled with literary devices, such as puns, alliteration, allusion, and idioms.
Lastly, our kids got a kick out of reading Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett. After reading, we wrote a Found poem together. This was the first time writing this type of poem. It was a fun challenge!
It's not quite vacation for us yet. We have math committee work for the next few days. But after that, we plan to take a few days to breathe! See you soon!
Kim and Anne
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