Monday, March 10, 2014

Celebrate Science & Poetry with the KINDERGARTEN PFA FOR SCIENCE!

Each day this week I will be sharing about the new PFA FOR SCIENCE, brought to you by Sylvia Vardell & Janet Wong, with a host of fine poets contributing!

Here's the schedule:
Monday: KINDERGARTEN
Tuesday: FIRST GRADE
Wednesday: SECOND GRADE
Thursday: THIRD GRADE
Friday: FOURTH GRADE
Saturday: FIFTH GRADE

Each day I will be giving away a copy of the Student Edition for that grade level... and at the end of the week, I will choose one winner from all the commenters via blog/Facebook/Twitter for the K-5 TEACHER edition!

So, KINDERGARTEN. First of all, the line drawings that accompany the poems in the Student Edition are wonderful and engaging! There's also a Glossary and Index, both of which I find particularly helpful.

Here's one of my favorite poems:

THANK YOU, ISAAC NEWTON
by Eileen Spinelli

My bookshelf falls upon the bed.
Harry Potter bonks my head.
Spaghetti slips --splat!--to the floor.
Clean-up is a messy chore.
Orange juice spills. Socks slide down.
Hail stones ping all over town.
Acorns plunk--ouch!--from a tree.
Oh, the joys of gravity!

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Isn't that fun! I particularly love "Socks slide down." The joys of gravity indeed... this would be an entirely different poem if aimed at the middle-aged crowd. :)

In the TEACHER'S EDITION for this poem (p.40), Sylvia Vardell has created TAKE FIVE! activities that include: 
dropping a book (with a bonk!)
allowing kids to drop other items while identifying other sounds (like plunk, splat, etc)-- and of course, cleaning up!
some research on Isaac Newton
a comparison of how different items of different shapes and weights fall
a companion poem to read together

So much fun! And yes, I have a poem in this one... "Riddle for a Dry Day"

GIVEAWAY: Comment here or on Twitter @irene_latham or on my Facebook page! Winners announced daily.



4 comments:

  1. I can't wait to see this book! If I win I will give it to a K or 1 teacher. Janet and Sylvia are sending me a set at some point. I usually do a give away at my various conference presentations. (Janet and Sylvia are really generous and everyone ADORES receiving the PFA books!) So if I win I will spread poetry love!

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  2. Good choice, Irene. I love Eileen Spinelli! Thanks for sharing one of her poems from the anthology!

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  3. Great poem. My whole book is on the way, but would love one to give away, Irene. Thank you!

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  4. I have the Poetry Friday Anthology for Elementary School. This one sounds like a fun addition to any library!

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