Myon – login, then search for a POETRY book. Read at least one!

April is Poetry Month

Make your own Acrostic Poem

Make your own Diamante Poem

Visit author Shel Silverstein’s Website

Listen to U.S. Children’s Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis

 Mrs. Wilcox’s new iblog image (if you have to search for my blog)

Make your own Monster Drawing!

Play a Monster Game!

Where the Wild Things Are (picture scramble)

Monsterland – rescue the monster child

BookFlix

Choose 1 story set to read to yourself (all of them have one fiction and one non-fiction book

Can you tell which is which? (fiction vs. non-fiction)

Tell your neighbor what you chose and which was fiction and which was non-fiction

**Advanced – try to get it this way instead!

Go to Mel.org (Michigan Electronic Library – free to all Michigan residents and libraries)

Choose “Databases”

Choose “BookFlix”

Choose 1 story set to read to yourself (all of them have one fiction and one non-fiction book. (you might want headphones)

Myon – Online Reading Program (www.myon.com)

Login with your student #, then your birthdate as your password (Snow students – your index card has this password with the word password next to it)

Make sure you are on Visual Search (picture search)

Choose “Genres” (types of literature)

Choose “Fairytales, Fables, and Folklore”

Choose 1 book from this section to read and retell

Grade 1 – retell story to student next to you

Grades 2,3 – Retell the story on paper or index card.

Include your name, story name, and at least 3 events in the story.

Example starters:

First ….

Next…

Finally…

(You fill in the details!) Try to use complete sentences.