Day 33: Project Addition

Here is the display of the projects posted in the hallway.  We do not have bulletin boards in our hallways, only those little cork board strips where the tile meets the plaster.  The space above the shape poems will be used for this week's projects that go along with the nonfiction story Exploring Parks With Ranger Dockett.  I'm going to have the children create park rules as part of our lesson on commands.  The rules are often pretty imaginative!  I'll post those after they are finished and displayed. 

As an aside, quite a few of the children expressed interest in writing letters to Ranger Dockett to ask him about his job and if he always liked nature.  I've contacted the park bureau where he worked when the story was written to see if he still works there and if my class would be permitted to send him letters.  We'll see how that goes.  Hopefully we'll be able to proceed; it would make my students' day!



Shape poems above.  Letters from story characters below, along with "photos."  The children really enjoyed this project.