Poetry, art, & Math games!

The 2nd and 3rd graders started a poetry memorization project this week. They started the day by reading a book about the poet Shel Silverstein and reading some of his poems. We loved the humor in his poems! Students then chose their favorite of the selected poems to memorize using a strategy provided by the Mensa Organization. Each year at Lowell pull out GATE, students will memorize a poem, so if they stick around through 6th grade, they will carry a collection of poems in their memory to middle school. Memorization of classic poetry will begin in the 4th grade.

After working on some memorization strategies, students used watercolor pencils to create a piece of art connected to their poem. When students completed their art piece, they explored the classroom's collection of visual/spatial brain puzzles!

Next week is the last week of GATE until second semester!