Join Our Twitter Poetry Project! #clrpoem

April is National Poetry Month, so let's enjoy some Twitter Poetry!

#clrpoem

Twitter is a wonderful microblogging platform to connect, share, and learn with others. You can learn a lot in 140 characters! This annual #clrpoem Twitter project incorporates color, poetry, geography, social media, science, and fun!

This week, we will start this colorful global collaborative project in an interesting way. We will start with:

 What is Black and/or White? 

When you think about color/colour, some people don't think of black or white as colors/colours. In science we learn that, a black object absorbs all the visible light and reflects none of the color to our eyes. A white object reflects all light. Let's have fun with black and white. Use silhouettes (shadows)! Use a black and white filter on your ipad! Find things that are black or white!

The object of this collaborative project is to share original poems, create colorful digital images, and publish through classroom Twitter accounts using the hashtag #clrpoem! Each week a color of the visible spectrum, plus black and white, will be showcased!

ROY  G  BIV 

One way to remember the visible spectrum is the

 ROY G BIV acronym.  

(red-orange-yellow-green-blue-*indigo-violet) 

ac·ro·nym

(ak rə nim)

noun

1. an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word
2. 
   

(*Indigo is the color between blue and violet. We will combine it with blue.) 

Teachers, YOU are invited to join our collaborative project! The more, the merrier!

A tip of the hat to Catherine Monaghan for this colorfully clever idea.


Consider adding your poetry to Mrs. Hembree's Global Poetry Unites Project.

What are some things that are black?

What are some things that are white? 

Have you ever used your black and white filter? Try it!

What are some elements of poetry? 

Couplet, triplet, or haiku,

What kind of verse can we expect from YOU? 

:-) 

Twitter Time :: Color Poems #clrpoem

#clrpoem

Twitter is a wonderful microblogging platform to connect, share, and learn with others. You can learn a lot in 140 characters!

This #clrpoem Twitter project incorporates color, poetry, geography, social media, and fun!  

This week, we will start this colorful global collaborative project with our blogging buddies, Mrs. Monaghan from England, Miss Crowther and Mrs. Placek from Victoria, Australia, and Ms. Shannon and Oskar in Darwin, Australia. 

Teachers, you and your students are invited to join us for our poetry project! A tip of the hat to Catherine Monaghan for this colorfully clever idea.

The object of this collaborative project is to share original poems, create colorful digital images, and publish through classroom Twitter accounts using the hashtag #clrpoem! Each week a color of the visible spectrum will be showcased!

ROY  G  BIV 

One way to remember the visible spectrum is the

 ROY G BIV acronym.  

(red-orange-yellow-green-blue-*indigo-violet) 

ac·ro·nym

(ak rə nim)

noun

1. an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word
2. 
   

(*Indigo is the color between blue and violet. We might combine it with blue.) 

Teachers, YOU are invited to join our collaborative project! The more, the merrier!

This week, we are seeing RED! Shoot a photo of something red, compose a little poetry to complement the photo, and tweet it out! Remember, use the hashtag #clrpoem. 

What are some things that are red?

What are some elements of poetry? 

Couplet, triplet, or haiku,

What kind of verse can we expect from YOU? 

:-) 

Science Stop: A Colorful Science Lesson

Last week,  Mrs. Yollis' and Mrs. Ranney's second and third graders teamed up with Mr. JR's high school chemistry students via a Google Hangout.   The high school students gave a fabulous science demonstration about color and light.

 

Check out their last collaboration about matter!  

Mrs. Yollis met Mr. JR at the Google Teacher Academy in NYC,

  and they planned these science segments when there.

 

 

 

 

Mr. JR. welcomed the class! Everyone loved his new colorful hairdo!

 

 

 First Mr. JR. and his students taught the elementary students a great song about the rainbow. The seven colors of the rainbow are also know as the spectrum.

Have you ever heard of ROY G BIV?

What does ROY G BIV mean?

Next, the high school students demonstrated how to mix color pigment to make new colors! Watch and learn!

The students used a prism to split white light into the 7 colors of the visible spectrum. They used the word refract. 

What does refract mean? 

 

 

 

We ended the call with a chant about light!

Do you know any additional facts about light that you can add? 

What was your favorite part about the science lesson?