1. Important
Poems: Children write their own Important Poems based on
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown.
I use this technique
often. After we have finished a unit, then I have them
write an important poem to show what they remember. An important poem
example: The most important thing about a pencil is you write with it.
It has
lead and an eraser. You write spelling words with it. You write notes
to
Junie B. Jones (character by Barbara Parks that 2nd graders love to
read about) with it. You get a new one for 25 cents from the office.
But
the most important thing about a pencil is you write with it.
Basically, the kids
pick one fact for the beginning and the ending sentence
(same fact) then they list facts in the between. I compare it to an
oreo cookie.
I give each kid a cookie and the figure out the top and bottom are the
same...
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This is an effective
tool to evaluate whether your students understand and
can know any subject. By leaving the middle open-ended the assignment
lasts as long as you need it too. I don't let my students turn in a
poem until
time is up. I say five minutes before time is up that they need to finish
the
sentence they are writing and write the closing "But the most important
thing about ______ is...". It works!!!
