Poetry and Main Idea

For the past few weeks we have been working on Poetry and Main Idea. Here are some of the things we have done.

In preparation for Earth Day, we read The Great Kapok Tree by Lynn Cherry. Then we discussed the Main Idea of the story and supporting details.

This super cute craftivity came from Amy Lemmons' What's The Main Idea unit on TPT.

 We also read the book Matthew and Tilly, a long standing favorite, and made these SUPER cute jerseys to show our understanding of Main Idea and Details. Again, this came from What's The Main Idea.

Now on to Poetry! Poetry Month is in full swing in our classroom. We began by working on Acrostic Poems. Here is a sample of some awesome work.

Some of the kids had some tricky letters in their names. So we busted out those dictionaries for help!

We also delved into similes and made these Simile Namebows. I got this idea from Hope King at Second Grade Shenanigans.

 This little guy had some of my favorite similies. I'm as quiet as a statue. I'm as short as a penguin.