BACKYARD EXPLORATION: FINDING SPRING A First Grade Study of Poetry GENERAL INFORMATION Name: Marcia Waters School: Cline Elementary School Centerville City Schools Workshop Location: Centerville, Ohio Grade Level: 1st Grade Currculum/Subject Area: Language Arts/Library-Media Skills Specific Topic: Spring Poetry CONTENT INFORMATION Brief Summery of the Pathfinder This pathfinder has been created with a month-long unit of study in mind. Students and teachers will be exploring spring in the Centerville/Ohio community b from their backyard observations to regional observations. The list of resources guides the teachers with exact and previewed literature, childrenbs examples of poetry and excellent web resources that will give a broad range of information on spring in our area of Ohio. Dewey Numbers The 500 Dewey classification was chosen for this study, as it provides books on spring and the many birds, animals, plants and trees that children will be observing and learning about prior to their poetry writing. Subject headings used included: spring, birds, animals, Ohio natural resources. BOOKS (FICTION) Beach, Judi. Names for snow. 1st ed. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2003. Glaser,Linda. It's spring. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 2002. Hunter, Anne. Possum and the peeper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Schnur, Steven. Spring thaw. New York, Viking, 2000. Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth. Paperwhite. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Wood, Audrey. When the Root Children Wake Up. New York. New York: Scholastic Inc., 2002. BOOKS (NON-FICTION) Alarcon, Francisco. Laughing tomatoes and other spring poems. San Francisco, Calif.: Childrenbs Book Press/Libros para ni-~nos, 1997. De Coteau Orie, Sandra. Did you hear wind sing your name? : an Oneida song of spring. New York: Walker, 1996. Schnur, Steven. Spring: an alphabet acrostic. New York: Clarion Books, 1999. Stone, Lynn M. Spring. Vero Beach, FL: Rourke Books Co., 1994. Songs of myself: An anthology of poems and art. New York: Mondo, 2000. WEBSITES Owlie Skywarn's Weather Book http://www.ema.ohio.gov/PDFs/Severe_Weather/Owlie_Skywarn.pdf Spring Poetry and Paintings by Mrs. Levitt's Class http://www.bestschools.org/jackson/school/levittspring/ Spring Poetry http://kingedward.epsb.ca/spring/poetry.htm Kristine O'Connell George - Hummingbird Nest Poetry http://kristinegeorge.com/hummingbird_nest.html Can Do Poetry http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems16.html Ohio Birds http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/OHIO.html Wildflowers, Arthropods (and More!) in Southwest Ohio http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/html/springflowers.html Ohio's Spring Wildflowers - Ohio Department of Natural Resources http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/publications/wildflowers.htm FAMILY/TEACHER RESOURCES Cox Arboretum MetroPark http://www.metroparks.org/Facilities/Cox_Arboretum___Gardens_MetroP/cox_arboretum___gardens_metrop.html Seasonal Activities: Spring Activities http://www.childfun.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=164 Spring Activities for Children http://www.mothers-home.com/activities/springact.htm Spring Arts http://dcrafts.com/springarts.htm