Genre Books Clubs and Poetry

In reader's workshop, we have continued working with book clubs. The past two weeks, we have been working in genre book clubs, which are slightly different than nonfiction book clubs in that each basket now is filled with fiction, nonfiction, poetry, etc. Many of my lessons have been centered around the following teaching points: 

The students have done a great job working with each other to find factual information, discuss their new learning, and have meaningful conversations about their books. Groups are also working on word banks to collect new, interesting, or important words and vocabulary that have to do with their topic. I will post pictures of these soon!

In writer's workshop, we have started our unit centered on writing poetry. This is one of my favorite units! I just love the imagination and creativity that comes out. Here are some of the strategies we have learned so far that poets use: 

 

Poems in progress: 

Stay tuned for more!