Sunday, October 9, 2011

Reading Response: Week of October 10th











Hello, Boys and Girls!



Happy October! I love the season of Autumn. The leaves are changing colors. I see pumpkins on doorsteps. The air is getting cooler. It's a perfect time to curl up with a blanket and read poetry. In my opinion, poetry is a wonderful format to read. Poetry can give us information. Poetry can give description. Poetry can tell a story. Sometimes poetry rhymes, sometimes it does not rhyme. Some poets are serious, some are silly. Some poems are very short, some are very long. I encourage you to try out reading different types of poetry. You might find that you share my love of poetry. Some of you might even enjoy writing your own poetry.






For this week's reading response, read the poem "Leaves" and answer the following questions.



1. What does this poem remind you of? (Make a Connection)



2. What word or phrase from the poem did you like?



3. How does this poem make you feel?



4. Why do you think the poet (author) wrote this poem? (Entertain, Inform, Instruct, Describe)



5. If YOU were the writer of this poem and I asked you to give it another title, what you entitle it?









Two of my favorite children's poets are Jack Prelutsky and Shel Silverstein. I know some of you love these poets because I have seen you checking out their books at the library. Here are their websites, check them out!















38 comments:

  1. 1.It reminds me of when every tree I see its leaves are changing colors.
    2.The word I liked was gleaming.
    3.It makes me get excited about Fall (Autumn) because I can jump in the leaves my parents rake.
    4.I think the Author wrote it to entertain kids and to describe.
    5.I would call this poem if I was the Author of this poem it would be called The leaves in Fall.

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  2. 1) Fall
    2) Exhausted, drop to earth below
    3) Joyfull and cold
    4) Describes fall
    5) Falling leaves of Fall

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  3. 1.reminds me of fall because when the leaves fall.
    2.at other times the
    3.wildy fly until they nearly reach the sky.
    4.entertain
    5.what leaves do when they fall.

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  4. 1. It reminds me of the first cold day of fall.
    2. Exhausted
    3. It makes me feel relaxed.
    4. I think to describe the days of fall.
    5. Days of Fall.

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  5. 1 This poem reminds me of nature
    2 I like the phrase To lay a carpet rich and rare
    3 This poem makes me feel like its fall i feel cold wind against my face when i read it
    4 I think the authers purpose was to descibe fall.
    5 i would name it Leaves In Fall

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  6. 1. What does this poem remind you of? (Make a Connection)
    This poem reminds me of the falls that me and my grandparents rake leaves. To see all those leaves falling and swirling in my vizualzation really brought out those features.

    2. What word or phrase from the poem did you like?
    I loved the phrase "Exausted drop to the earth below, to wait, like children, for the snow" because I really can see them floating down, and that I can emagine that feeling.

    3. How does this poem make you feel?
    This poem makes me feel relaxed. It has perfect tempo and this poet (in my opinion) picked the perfect realaxation topic.

    4. Why do you think the poet (author) wrote this poem? (Entertain, Inform, Instruct, Describe)
    I think that this poet wrote this poem for discription. To describe the feeling of Autumn.

    5. If YOU were the writer of this poem and I asked you to give it another title, what you entitle it?
    I would entitle it "Fall" because when I think about Fall I picture leaves changing color, the leaves falling, the crunching under my feet. Everything about leaves! Just like this poem describes.

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  7. 1. "Leaves" reminds me of Fall.
    2. "Silently." Because when I hear the word I just want to be silent.
    3. This poem makes me feel like a leaf, because it describes leaves.
    4. Entertain, because "Leaves" is very interesting.
    5. "Fall Leaves Are Falling!"

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  8. 1. What does this poem remind you of? (Make a Connection)
    This poem reminds me of running and jumping in leaves.

    2. What word or phrase from the poem did you like?
    I liked the word "silently" because I like being outside when leaves are falling silently.

    3. How does this poem make you feel?
    This poem makes me feel cold because leaves fall when it is cold.

    4. Why do you think the poet (author) wrote this poem? (Entertain, Inform, Instruct, Describe)
    I think this poem is to inform someone about leaves.

    5. If YOU were the writer of this poem and I asked you to give it another title, what you entitle it?
    I would name this poem "Falling Leaves"

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  9. 1. This poem reminds me of when leaves change color and they get all crispy.

    2. My favorite word was "Exhausted" because it makes me think of how my mom acts when she's tiered.

    3. The poem makes me feel calm because it sounds like a nice poem.

    4. I think the writer wrote this to describe.

    5. I would name the title beautiful leaves.

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  10. 1. What does this poem remind you of? (Make a Connection)

    It reminds me of when I start seeing leaves in my backyard.


    2. What word or phrase from the poem did you like?

    Exausted ,drop to earth below


    3. How does this poem make you feel?

    It makes me feel like jumping in a pile of leaves.


    4. Why do you think the poet (author) wrote this poem? (Entertain, Inform, Instruct, Describe)
    I think it is entertain.



    5. If YOU were the writer of this poem and I asked you to give it another title, what you entitle it?


    Leaves Are Falling

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  11. 1. It reminds me of the fall days.
    2. content
    3. It makes me feel great because it reminds me of fall coming.
    4. To describe what it feels like to be a leaf.
    5. "Leaves in Fall"

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  12. 1.Leaves reminds me of a day of autumn
    2.Gleaming
    3.Like a light breeze blowing on my face
    4.Entertain
    5."Autumn Leaves"

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  13. 1. It reminds me of it raining with rain drops; falling like the leaves falling.

    2. I like the word tumble because it reminds me of a friend and I tumbling.

    3. It makes me feel like learning about leaves.

    4. I think the poet is trying to describe, because it describes the leaves.

    5. I would call it "Fall".

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  14. 1. What does this poem remind you of? (Make a Connection) it remind me that my birthday is coming soon!



    2. What word or phrase from the poem did you like?rich and rare



    3. How does this poem make you feel?
    like fall is soon approaching


    4. Why do you think the poet (author) wrote this poem? (Entertain, Inform, Instruct, Describe)
    entertain


    5. If YOU were the writer of this poem and I asked you to give it another title, what you entitle it?
    fall leaves

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  15. 1. It reminds me of when I felt cold wind on my cheak and I saw leaves at doorsteps.

    2. To lay a carpet,Rich and ,Rare.

    3. It makes me feel joyful,happy, and excited.

    4. T entertain and discribe

    5. The life cycle of leaves

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  16. 1.leafs remind me of reading a book in autumn.
    2.extordenry.
    3.leafs blowing in the air.
    4.to discribe about leafs in autumn.
    5.cool leafs in autumn.

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  17. 1. What does this poem remind you of? (Make a Connection)In the middle of Autumn laying in a big pile of leaves.




    2. What word or phrase from the poem did you like? The phrase I liked the best is waiting like children for the snow.




    3. How does this poem make you feel?
    It makes me feel excited that Halloween and Thanksgiving are coming.



    4. Why do you think the poet (author) wrote this poem? (Entertain, Inform, Instruct, Describe)
    I think the poet wrote this poem to describe and entertain us.



    5. If YOU were the writer of this poem and I asked you to give it another title, what you entitle it?
    I would name it Autumn is here!!!!

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  18. 1. The poem reminds me of nature and how it takes time for things to happen like for a leaf to fall from a tree.

    2. I like the word exhausted because nobody uses that word that much to describe leaves.

    3.The poem makes me question things a lot.

    4.The author wrote the poem to describe what leaves do in Fall.

    5. I would call this poem "Fall".

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  19. 1.It reminds me of the leaves falling.

    2.Beneath

    3.Colorful

    4.Describe

    5.Fall

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  20. 1. This poem reminds me of helping my grand dad rake the leaves in the yard.
    2. The word I liked was tumbled. I can picture leaves tumbling to the ground.
    3. This poem makes me feel excited because winter is on the way.
    4. I think the poet wrote this poem to describe fall.
    5. If I were the author and I had to name this a diffrent title I would name the poem Fall.

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  21. 1. What does this poem remind you of? (Make a Connection)
    This poem reminds me of fall when they talk about the leaves falling.



    2. What word or phrase from the poem did you like?

    I liked the phrase about waiting for the snow. It reminds me that Christmas is coming soon.


    3. How does this poem make you feel?

    It makes me feel like I am walking through a forest of trees in the fall. It makes me feel like I can smell the cold fresh air in the fall.


    4. Why do you think the poet (author) wrote this poem? (Entertain, Inform, Instruct, Describe)

    To describe fall and what it means to her.



    5. If YOU were the writer of this poem and I asked you to give it another title, what you entitle it?

    "Leaving Fall"

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  22. 1.It reminds me of the first day of FALL.

    2.To lay a carpet rich and rare.

    3.It makes me feel like I am standing below a tree looking up.

    4.Entertain

    5.Fall Leaves

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  23. 1. What does this poem remind you of? (Make a Connection)
    This poem makes me think of the beauty and grace of fall.



    2. What word or phrase from the poem did you like?
    Content to sleep, their work well done




    3. How does this poem make you feel?
    This poem makes me feel calm because Autumn is relaxing.




    4. Why do you think the poet (author) wrote this poem? (Entertain, Inform, Instruct, Describe)
    This poet wrote this poem to describe the beauty of Fall.



    5. If YOU were the writer of this poem and I asked you to give it another title, what you entitle it?
    I would name this poem Fall Leaves.

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  24. 1. What does this poem remind you of? (Make a Connection)
    This poem reminds me of when my brother and I were little and we would rake up a whole bunch of leaves into big piles. Then we did a typicall kid thing which of course was jumping into them and making the mess all over again.



    2. What word or phrase from the poem did you like?
    I liked the phrase,"To lay a carpet, rich and rare." That phrase to me, it's almost like it's calling my name. That's how well I like that phrase.



    3. How does this poem make you feel?
    This poem makes me fell like I'm back in the good old days with my brother and I repeatidly making piles of leaves and jumping into them.


    4. Why do you think the poet (author) wrote this poem? (Entertain, Inform, Instruct, Describe)
    I think that the poet probably wrote this to describe what the leaves do when the die, turn colors, and fall from the trees. That part just pops up in my head when I think of Fall (Autmn).


    5. If YOU were the writer of this poem and I asked you to give it another title, what you entitle it?
    I would entitle it either "Autmn" or "Fall" because they mean the same thing and they just fit this poem really great to me. You may have a different idea, but these ideas pop into my head very quickly.

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  25. 1. Leave and the season of Fall.
    2. To lay a carpet, rich and rare
    3. Excited about jumping into piles of leaves
    4. Entertain
    5. Leaves falling on the ground

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  26. 1.This poem reminds me of snow falling to the ground then leaves the tree with no leaves.
    2.My favorite phrase from the poem was, the trees are stark and bare.
    3.This poem makes me feel calmed and soothed.
    4.to inform you(in their perspective)what fall looks like and what it feels like.
    5.I would entitle this poem "autumn day"

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  27. 1.Like snow falling down.
    2.To wait, like children, for the snow.
    3.Happy, because October is my birthday.
    4.Entertain
    5.Leaves are colorful in Fall.

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  28. 1. It reminds me of that time when had to write a poem about leaves in art.

    2. Exhausted

    3. Happy because I like fall.

    4. Entertain

    5. Leaves of Autumn

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  29. 1. The leaves remind me of the snow that will soon fall.
    2.They wildly fly.
    3. It makes me feel relaxed.
    4. Describe.
    5. Waiting Away

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  30. 1)Fall
    2)snow- cause I like snow
    3) ready for fall
    4)he wants to inform of us fall
    5)fall

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  31. 1. The poem reminds me of Halloween coming.

    2. How silently they tumble down.

    3. It makes me calm.

    4.Describe

    5. Calm Leaves

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  32. 1.Fall
    2.twisting
    3.relaxed
    4.discribe
    5.Lots of leaves

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  33. 1.Fall
    2.Exhausted
    3.it makes me feel good because i love fall
    4.Describe
    5.leaves come alive

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  34. 1.leaves remind of fall.
    2.colors because i have a colorful personally.
    3.it makes me feel like I am falling out of a tree because it describes how leaves fall.
    4.he or she rote this because leave are actually are very inter

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  35. 1. It reminds me of fall.
    2. Colors because I have a very colorful
    personality
    3. It makes me feel like I'm falling out of a tree because it describes how leaves fall out of trees.
    4. I think the that the author wrote this poem because leaves are very interesting to mankind.
    5. Falling Leaves

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  36. 1. What does this poem remind you of? (Make a Connection)
    This poem reminds me of deer hunting. When your sitting watching leaves falling.



    2. What word or phrase from the poem did you like?
    Tumble



    3. How does this poem make you feel?
    This poem makes me feel like im in Autum.



    4. Why do you think the poet (author) wrote this poem? (Entertain, Inform, Instruct, Describe)
    To entertain because there is no facts and its not a story.



    5. If YOU were the writer of this poem and I asked you to give it another title, what you entitle it?
    I would name it Autum.

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  37. 1. What does this poem remind you of?
    This reminds me of the leaf art in art class.

    2. What word or phrase from the poem did you like?
    Windy is one of my favorite words.

    3. How does this poem make you feel?
    This poem makes me feel good about nature.

    4. Why do you think the poet (author) wrote this poem? (Entertain, Inform, Instruct, Describe) I think he or she wrote it to describe how to they felt about nature.

    5. If YOU were the writer of this poem and I asked you to give it another title, what you entitle it? Nature's Coziness.

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  38. 1. autumn
    2. exhausted
    3. it makes me feel like i want to jump in leaves
    4. describe autumn
    5. it is autumn

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