MORE POETRY

Our adventure with poetry continues.
Now we are investigating ACROSTIC poems.


ACROSTIC poems are poems that use the letters of the topic word to start each line.
All the lines of the poem have to describe the topic.


Like a Diamante poem, an ACROSTIC poem does not rhyme.
As we have been taking part in the Monster Project, we all chose 'monster' as the topic of our acrostic poems.


Here's Keely's poem-

Monster teeth that can break a bone

On the move, it's very fast

Never stop eating people

Scares the people all the time

Terrifyingly large claws

Every one is frightened by him

Roars so loud it hurts your ears.

and here's Tom's poem-




Monstrous claws

Out and about all night

No-one knows him

Scares everyone he sees

Terrifying teeth as sharp as swords

Everyone hides from him

Runs like a cheetah.




Have you tried writing ACROSTIC poems?
What topic might you choose?


If you would like to know more about ACROSTIC poems and try writing one, head over to READ, WRITE, THINK.

Number Family

A number family is a number triangle that has three numbers on it and you have to use those three numbers into sums. You have to draw a triangle then at the edges you put three numbers then you work out the sums in the number triangle. When you do the subtraction sums the biggest number always go's first and in addition the biggest number always go's last.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO ADD A VIRTUAL PET TO YOUR BLOG, YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE!

Before the end of the term, we will all have our own blogs up and running.

Some of the Gems already know how to blog because they have older brothers or sisters who have taught them.

Keely, in our class, has a number of play blogs. On these blogs she has lots of virtual pets.

Of course we all want one on our own blogs, so we asked Keely to show us how.

Here is a screencast of HOW TO ADD A VIRTUAL PET TO A BLOGGER BLOG.

THANK YOU KEELY!!

Now we don't have to keep on asking Keely.

We can watch the screencast any time...and so can you!