Monday, 13 May 2013

Week 2-3: Jeffery's Superhero: Strength in Poetry


Jeffery's loves superheroes- Optimus Prime, Skylanders, Tennage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Spiderman.  The other children also expressed their admiration for Mini-Mouse (Francine) and Princesses (Pippa). I wondered out loud:  What makes a Superhero so Super?

they help people
they are kind
they put the bad guys away by fighting them
they share because they have a lot to give
they can fly and make webs

And with that, each child created a poem about what it means to be a superhero. 






Each child practiced tracing their name and them writing it below.


Her are some examples of their poetry:

A superhero is ....makes magic words in the rainbow; helpful, happy; caring

A Superhero is not ....a bad guy; a monster

I realized that it is challenging for the children to express how they feel about superheros in words, as they continued to jump up, swimg their arms, adn "show me" what a superhero is.  In our class class we will use our bodies to explore strength.

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