How do you fix things? How do you know what needs fixing? This week Waters 6th and 7th graders discussed the poem “What is handed down” by Ada Límon and what it means to be a fixer. Students asked questions about what the difference is to something (or someone) working versus no working and wrote about this in countless different directions. Please enjoy a selection oof their work!
Ms. Smallwood
6th Grade
Garden Dilemma
August H.
I am not good at fixing things – I take them to the store
anything I can fix is a pretty easy process, like the time
our neighbor’s dog ran through our garden, destroying the
chickenwire fence and trampling plants. I had plans for
those plants so I tried to save them, pruning and
supporting the weaker ones with twine. The fence was
simple, just zip ties, chicken wire, and posts. I could
have saved myself the work though. There was a tornado
warning a week later where the wind snapped the
plants and then pulled the fence, which was not well
built out of the ground and into a tree. The garden
that year was a bust
My Mechanic Mom
Yaseen
my mom knows how to fix anything
when I’m sad she helps me be happy
when my game is broken she helps fix it
when I’m stuck on my homework
she helps me.
whenever she helps me I feel happy.
whenever she helps me my math teacher
doesn’t get mad at me
Broke America or Fixed America
Nathaniel P.
Today was a day, a very special day in 1929
It was Wall Street – excited brokers screaming
then something was wrong it was down
then the world ended, people tried, they tried
shattered the lives of millions, one person to blame
Herbert Hoover, his reputation shattered.
people were worried millions of lives and jobs
all shattered by one colossal mistake
Then a savior came, the land glowed
for he was a great leader people finally
had relief, Depression was curbing, men
and women found jobs Crops grew in the great west
the means of production increased and
welfare decreased in severity, people
were happy again, how he did it
he did it, rigorous progressive
work, defying his party’s traditions
tranquility hit. The depression was beaten
Who did this great act? Who was this
brave soul?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ms. Hernandez
7th Grade
Polvo de estrella
Laila E.
Oh antiguas estrellas
ustedes que ya no puedes
seguir mas yo no tardan
en explotar
pero no se alarmen
que ese polvo de estrellas
cáe en las personas
buenas de está
tierra
I can fix
Silas S.
I can fix a couple things.
When my dog gets out,
I can chase after her and get her.
No need to pout.
When we don’t know what to do for dinner,
I can cook something up.
See I can fix some things
Like dinner and my pup.
There’s more things I can do
But we’ll be here all day
If I say them all
So let’s celebrate, YAY!
walking in a park
Daniel G.
a good experience
if with a friend
or two both
times can be funny
or buying from a
person who sells food
there, food can also
be the good part
but some people go
to the park to
run and watch some
one play a game,
a good time if
the sun shines and
the temperature rises or
lowers to a good
temperature to start
walking or jogging
