Poetry Rocks!

WOW!!  What a great start to a great week.  We are full force in our poetry unit.  We spent the majority of the week analyzing different forms of poetry in our Reader's notebook for warm-ups and analyzing poetry through song.  We learned that song lyrics are poetry set to music.  We took a song by Katy Perry ("Firework"), watched different videos that related to the different poetic devices found throughout the song and broke it down by verse and analyzed it in a chart.  How we went about analyzing the song is what I want them doing on their poetry project that we will begin next week.  I am enjoying every minute in class with your kiddos.  They're AWESOME!!  Have a great weekend and enjoy your extra day off.