Our Class Simile Poems

My a.m. class wrote the following poem this morning using similes, humor, and rhythm. Enjoy!

Walmart

As chaotic as a zoo,

As gigantic as an airport,

As filthy as a bathroom,

As full of crazies as an insane asylum,

As packed with toys as the North Pole,

With lines longer than a Burmese Python....

That's Walmart.

And here is my p.m. class's poem:

AMC Theater

As big as the North Pole,

As loud as a cannon's roar,

As frigid as the Alaskan tundra,

As messy as my bedroom,

As exciting as an earthquake,

With floors as sticky as tar,

That's AMC Theater.

Welcome Class of 2012!

As we begin the 2011-12 school year, I am reading "The Winter of Red Snow" to my classes. I love this historical fiction novel, which is part of the Dear America series. In it, Abigail Stewart gets an up-close look at the Continental army as they suffer through the winter of 1777-78 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. If you're not crazy about social studies, this book helps you learn about the Revolutionary War without even realizing it. I use this book nearly every year with my classes, because I love it so much.

How disappointed I was when I learned that I could not order more copies, because the book is out of print! I hate it when this happens to excellent literature. For example, "The Great Brain" series is also out of print. My kids love to check out this series every year (partly because I push it on them), and the books are getting tattered. However, when they're gone, they're gone, because I can't find them anywhere. Heavy sigh......

What are some of your favorite titles?