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When You Are Nothing You Can Be The Wind

The second graders investigated their classroom for objects to personify. If the books suddenly came alive, what would they do? What would they say? We cast a magic spell over the room and brought […]

What the walls know… Personification @ ALS Elementary

The fourth graders investigated their classroom for objects to personify. If the marker suddenly came alive, what would it do? What would it say? We cast a magic spell over the room and brought […]

I Will Miss Your Frosting & Ice Skates: Haiku @ Moos

What is your favorite season? The 2nd graders at Darwin like them all! I asked the students to start by writing about their favorite season, and then see if they could write one poem […]

Dear Summer: Seasonal Haiku @ Darwin Elementary

What is your favorite season? The 2nd graders at Darwin like them all! I asked the students to start by writing about their favorite season, and then see if they could write one poem […]

Now For The Best Part: Seasonal Haiku @ ALS

March is funny weather. Some days its winter and other days, spring. Given the changes outside and the student’s increasing skill with line breaks and imagery, it was the right time to try out […]

I Dream Of Colors In The Sky: Sleepy Poems at ALS Elementary

What do you think about as you drift off to sleep? We used Li Po’s contemplative “Quiet Night Thoughts,” to consider our thoughts between waking life and dreams. Because he is so skilled in […]

Yo pienso que la luna viene a mi y las estrellas también

What do you think about as you drift off to sleep? We used Li Po’s contemplative “Quiet Night Thoughts,” to consider our thoughts between waking life and dreams. Because he is so skilled in […]

Put On A Dress & Head To The Moon! Sleepy poems @ Moos Elementary

What do you think about as you drift off to sleep? We used Li Po’s contemplative “Quiet Night Thoughts,” to consider our thoughts between waking life and dreams. Because he is so skilled in […]

A purple army inside a grape: Poetic Deconstruction @ ALS

This week the 4th Graders took a look at Someone Puts a Pineapple Together, by Wallace Stevens. We inspected an actual pineapple to try and figure out how Stevens got such wild images out […]

The Spider Is A Guide: Deconstruction At Darwin

This week the 2nd Graders took a look at Someone Puts a Pineapple Together, by Wallace Stevens. We inspected an actual pineapple to try and figure out how Stevens got such wild images out […]

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