Ms. Kreul’s Class Blog

Each week fourth graders work on fluency, expression, pace, and interpretation as they read poems from their Poetry Folders.

4K has been composing poetry using the poetry templates on the wonderful web site ETTC’s Instant Poetry Forms.

After experimenting with the many different forms, students chose one to complete on the online form. Next they copied and pasted the poems into Open Office Writer documents. Then they saved the documents to the server and printed copies to use to practice for podcasting.

After several days of practice, students recorded their podcasts using Audacity on the teacher’s iBook. The teacher saved the .aup files as .mp3 files and added the podcasts to the class blog.

Elle’s poem is titled “Excellent Birthday”

Hannah’s poem is titled “Me and My Shadow”

Tommy’s poem is titled “I Am”

Dylan’s poem is titled “Dylan’s Ice Cream Store”

Annie’s poem is titled “Now I Am a Kid”

They hope you enjoy listening to their poetry!

Poetry Podcast #4 May 2009

4K has been composing poetry using the poetry templates on the wonderful web site ETTC’s Instant Poetry Forms.

After experimenting with the many different forms, students chose one to complete on the online form. Next they copied and pasted the poems into Open Office Writer documents. Then they saved the documents to the server and printed copies to use to practice for podcasting.

After several days of practice, students recorded their podcasts using Audacity on the teacher’s iBook. The teacher saved the .aup files as .mp3 files and added the podcasts to the class blog.

De’Ana’s poem is titled “I Can’t Write My Own Poem”

Jacob’s poem is titled “Fruits and Veggies”

Curtis’ poem is titled “My Many Names”

Evangeline’s poem is titled “Worry Poem”

Sam’s poem is titled “I Wish”

They hope you enjoy listening to their poetry!

Poetry Podcast #3 May 2009

4K has been composing poetry using the poetry templates on the wonderful web site ETTC’s Instant Poetry Forms.

After experimenting with the many different forms, students chose one to complete on the online form. Next they copied and pasted the poems into Open Office Writer documents. Then they saved the documents to the server and printed copies to use to practice for podcasting.

After several days of practice, students recorded their podcasts using Audacity on the teacher’s iBook. The teacher saved the .aup files as .mp3 files and added the podcasts to the class blog.

Andrew’s poem is titled “Who Am I?”

Lizzie’s poem is titled “I Am a Squirrel”

Xavier’s poem is titled “Once Upon a Time I Caught a Little Rhyme”

Vlada’s poem is titled “Hello Spring”

Joseph’s poem is titled “I Am a Lizard”

They hope you enjoy listening to their poetry!

Poetry Podcast #2 May 2009

4K has been composing poetry using the poetry templates on the wonderful web site ETTC’s Instant Poetry Forms.

After experimenting with the many different forms, students chose one to complete on the online form. Next they copied and pasted the poems into Open Office Writer documents. Then they saved the documents to the server and printed copies to use to practice for podcasting.

After several days of practice, students recorded their podcasts using Audacity on the teacher’s iBook. The teacher saved the .aup files to .mp3 files and added the podcasts to the class blog.

Hailey’s poem is titled “My Wishes and My Fears”

Josh’s poem is titled “Yes, That’s Me”

Bennett’s poem is titled “Birthday”

AlisonH’s poem is titled “I Can’t Write a Poem”

Ethan’s poem is titled “I Came Across a Monkey”

They hope you enjoy listening to their poetry!

Poetry Podcast #1 May 2009

Click to listen to Fiona reading a poem that she chose to share with you…”The Terrible Tiger”

Fiona’s Poem

Click to listen to Ethan reading a poem that he chose to share with you…”My Beard”

Ethan’s Poem

Click to listen to Sam reading a poem that he chose to share with you…”The Old Gumbie Cat”

Sam’s Poem

Click to listen to Annie reading a poem that she chose to share with you…”It’s Dark in Here”

Annie’s Poem

Click to listen to De’Ana reading a poem that she chose to share with you…”Ladies and Jelly Spoons”

De’Ana’s Poem

Click to listen to Evangeline reading a poem that she chose to share with you…”Jaberwocky”

Evangeline’s Poem

Click to listen to Andrew reading a poem that he chose to share with you…”Pirate Captain Jim”

Andrew’s Poem

Click to listen to Alison H. reading a poem that she chose to share with you…

Alison H.’s Poem

Click to listen to  reading a poem that he chose to share with you…”Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast”

Bennett’s Poem

Click to listen to Hailey reading a poem that she chose to share with you…”The Snowflake”

Hailey’s Poem

Click to listen to Curtis reading a poem that he chose to share with you…

Curtis’ Poem

Click to listen to Joseph reading a poem that he chose to share with you…”It’s Dark in Here”

Joseph’s Poem

Click to listen to Elle reading a poem that she chose to share with you…”Skiing”

Elle’s Poem

Click to listen to Jacob and Dylan reading a poem that they chose to share with you…”New Year’s Eve”

Jacob and Dylan’s Poem

Click to listen to Josh reading a poem that he chose to share with you…”Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”

Josh’s Poem