We are getting good at understanding the content vocabulary of structures. Ask me about the different parts of a bridge.

We finished our Found Poem that we began to craft after our bridge walk. It shows what we know in a poetic way. It took the whole class and a couple of days to write this poem!

We combined structures and story writing. Rapunzel made our tower unstable! We were only allowed to use plasticine, a piece of card and 12 popsicle sticks to stabilize it for her. Ask me how I made mine stable!

Some people thought about foundations, like the piles of bridges. Some people thought about weight at the bottom of the tower. Some people thought about making the base wider. Some people combined many of these ideas!

We listened to a traditional telling of Rapunzel (ask me what that is!). We then condensed the story into a brief summary, with the main events part of the story on the biggest piece of card to help the students visualize that the main events of a story need to be the biggest part of the story.

We then used our senses with a barebones sentence to practice using our senses to S-T-R-E-T-C-H out an idea.

Once we all helped to fill this in (ask me for an idea for each sense), we collaborated in a group to create a MUCH more interesting piece of work.

Our next task will be to work by ourselves to create a slow motion paragraph about a fairy story. Keep reading these tales at home! The familiar they are with them, the easier it will be for them to write their own version based on one of the traditional ones!