Teacher
Notes
Students love to write limericks. This exercise will let them write independently. Adding the illustration from the Paint program will motivate students more than using canned clip art. I recommend letting kids create their own clip art.
Language Arts Standards:
1. Demonstrate the ability to read a variety of texts fluently.
2. Demonstrate the ability to read independently for extended periods of time to derive pleasure and to gain information.
3. Demonstrate the ability to edit for language conventions such as spelling, capitalization, punctuation, agreement, sentence structure (syntax), and word usage.
4. Continue using keyboarding skills to produce texts.
5. Demonstrate the ability to identify the characteristics of genres such as fiction, poetry, drama, and informational texts.
6. Demonstrate the ability to identify elements of poetry such as rhyme scheme, refrain,and stanza.
