What I have been learning - DS1

"February 24, 2011 - Today I learned about the punctuation mark apostrophe. This is what it looks like - ' -  it can shorten a word like cannot to can't.

I also learned about a kind of poem called limerick. It has 5 lines, is funny, tells a story, the rhyming pattern is this: aabba (lines 1, 2 & 5 rhymes, with 3 “feet” of 3 syllables each and lines 3 & 4 rhymes differently and is shorter with only 2 feet of 3 syllables)."

From wikipedia:

The following example of a limerick is of unknown origin.

The limerick* packs laughs anatomical                  

In space that is quite economical,

    But the good ones I've seen

    So seldom are clean,

And the clean ones so seldom are comical.

*(pronounced "lim'rick" to preserve meter)

 

These are my art works:

 I used a sponge to spell "blue" on my poster paper.
 

 I cut geometric shapes and glued these to the paper to make a bedroom.
 

I was sad because I thought Grandma was not coming to visit.

 

Grandma gave me some colored glass pebbles and these are what I made:

 

 These are my counting pebbles.

 This is a Christmas tree with a star at the top and stars in the sky.

 This is a diamond.

 Mama and little brother made this.

 

I also made a book (from a blank book I received as a Christmas gift from my Aunt) for my little brother who loves Thomas and friends: