Telling Fibs in Room 17

source: wikipedia

We discussed number patterns in third grade, and I introduced the kids to the Fibonacci sequence, named after a mathematician who lived during the 1200s. In the sequence, each number is added to the previous number to get the next number: 0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 and so on.

Clapping out syllables

Author Greg Pincus invented the “Fib” form of poetry, in which each consecutive line has the same number of syllables that appear in the Fibonacci sequence. Since it's National Poetry Month, we practiced writing our own poems. Here are some of the students' examples ... feel free to share one of your own in the comments!


Dance
Dance.
Move
and groove
to the song.
And have fun all day.
And most of all have fun with me.
- Z.B., L.P., S.R.

Slime.
Fun.
Sticky.
Colorful.
Rainbow and glitter.
My mom says it makes a big mess.
- J.D.

NBA
Dunk.
Shoot.
Buckets.
Steph Curry.
Golden State Warriors.
Cleveland Cavaliers are the worst.
- J.D., J.J., L.P.

A Sunny Day
Sun.
Warm.
It's hot.
Fun outside.
Climbing on a tree.
Playing outside is really fun.
- A.A., O.C.

Videogames
Play.
Hoth.
Halo.
Battlefront.
Reanimanted.
I am gonna win this battle.
- C.W.

Hit.
Run.
Play ball!
Look, foul ball!
Pawtucket Red Sox.
Playing baseball is so much fun.
- M.W.

Gifts.
Cake.
Candles.
I turned 9.
My cousin turned 5.
My friend had lots of fun today.
- M.C.

Galaxy
Earth.
Sun.
Planets.
The moon too.
So many stars here.
Come to the planets everyone.
- Z.B., L.P., S.R.

Skull.
Black.
Pumpkin.
Halloween.
Candy is so good.
This year I was Finding Nemo.
- J.D.