Easter Poem for you to read

Easter Poetry

Can you read these Easter poems?

Reading Champs!!

Congratulations to these awesome readers! They have been working hard to complete their March reading calendars with some impressive results!!!

Huge SHOUT OUT to:

Sophie Lemire 14 hours of reading
Dante Rowden 9 hours of reading
Colton Laliberte 7 hours of reading
Olivia Gelardi 5 hours of reading
Cameron Zachara 6 hours of reading
Beretta Bassan 13 hours of reading
Javion Pizarro 3 hours of reading


**Send me your reading calendar minutes at akirouac@dcrsd.org if you'd like a shout out too!**

Create a family scrapbook

A family scrapbook is a great way to save memories and jump-start your child’s writing. Use an inexpensive photo album to keep souvenirs of things you do together. This can include photos, ticket stubs, and found objects, like pretty leaves.

Your child can begin by writing the date and a line about where you were and what you did. Then, you can work together to write a more detailed summary. Don’t forget to include funny or even annoying moments!

Make a journal jar

A journal doesn’t have to be a diary. It can also be a book where your child writes about ideas or answers questions, like “If you could do anything next summer, what would you choose?” A journal jar is a place to keep all those ideas and questions.

Wash and decorate a wide-mouthed jar, like one that used to contain peanut butter. Then, write or print out journal prompts on slips of paper. Ask your child to pull out one prompt each day and write about it in her journal.

Here are some journal prompt ideas:

• I get excited when………
• My favorite birthday present was……….
• If I could be a superhero I would be………
• My idea of fun is……..
• If I lived in a jungle I would....
• My favorite season is…….
• On my first day of school I………
• If I could be an animal I would be……
• My favorite kind of weather is……
• What I know most about is……..
• People think that I'm……..
• I'm a good friend because.....
• My favorite out-of-school activity is.....
• If I was president I would.....
• I'm best at.....
• I wish people knew that.....
• If trees could talk they would say....
• If I was invisible I would....
• The last time I laughed really hard was when.....
• My favorite food/color/sport/sibling/teacher/subject/animal/season is.....

Play “Fortunately/Unfortunately”

This turn-taking writing game is based on a classic kids’ book by Remy Charlip called Fortunately. In it, something lucky happens and then something unlucky happens. Each event is introduced by either the word “fortunately” or the word “unfortunately.”

To play, take a piece of paper and write a sentence beginning with “Fortunately,” such as “Fortunately it was a sunny day. I wanted to play outside.” Pass the paper to the next player, who will add an “unfortunately” sentence, such as “Unfortunately, I had to clean my room.” Keep going until the story is too silly to continue.