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Spring Creatures

In spring, everything starts to move!

Think of things that "move" in the spring. List a few:

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Name and save this file now.  (Press Ctrl-S, type a name for the file, and press Enter.)

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How many creatures can you name that come alive in a special way in the spring? Use the alphabet. Add names of as many creatures as you can to the list below.

Ants
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K

If you don't have these words in your list, add them to your own: bugs, crickets, does, eagles, fish, geese, hens, iguanas, jays, kingfishers.

A-K is less than half the alphabet! If you wish, finish L-Z with creatures that help you think of spring.

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Choose one of the creatures from your list. Then, think of an action word to go with it. For example, if you choose geese, your action word might be fly.

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Here's a poem with geese and fly that paints a picture:

Way way way up high
High high in the sky
Wild geese flyyyyyy.

Are you ready with a creature and action word to write a poem? If so, scroll down to the angle brackets below the words, Your Poem and begin.

If you're not ready, read this list of action words. Select an action word for your creature.

chirp, creep, hop, jump, fly,
leap, sing, swim, cluck, run.

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Now are you ready to paint your word picture? If so, scroll down to the angle brackets below the words, Your Poem, and begin.

If you are not ready to begin, complete this word picture first.

Rivet, rivet, rivet...GLOP!
Little green frogs go hop
Hopping, leaping, jumping..<P >!
Little green frogs hop a <l >.

Your Poem:

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Cricket is a nice word for a picture. Cricket rhymes with th-----!

Cricket

Spring crickets sing;
Thickets and marshes ring.
Zing! Zing! Zing! Zing!
A sing a-long of Spring.

Write a four-line poem about spring. Use a creature and a rhyming word to connect to it, such as frog/bog or fawn/dawn. Give your poem a title.

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If you haven't done so already, name and save this file now.  (Press Ctrl-S, type a name for the file, and press Enter.)

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