Room 21 has been busy getting to know each other during our first few days together. One activity that we did was a "I like .. but .. I don’t like" poems. It’s a great little activity that lets us get to know each other's interests.

As well as helping us learn a bit more about each other the students were also learning to make connections between two ideas and to write a compound sentence. For example I like oranges but I don’t like apples or I like rollerblades but I don’t like skateboards.

Below are a couple examples of our poems.

I like Winter

I like winter

but

I don’t like freezing weather.

I like strawberry milk

but

I don’t like banana milk.

I like art

but

I don’t like rough painting.

I like short hair

but

I don’t like long hair.

By Lilly

I like Caterpillars

I like caterpillars

but

I don’t like black beetles eating caterpillars.

I like noodles

but

I don’t like lasagna.

I like ants

but

I don’t like ants biting me.

I like snails

but

I don’t like slugs.

By Anthony