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Poetry Is a Family of Words –– Poetry is @ Moos

This week the 3rd grade students wrote their very own Ars Poetica. Now quite a few weeks into their residency, its time for these poets to let us know what poetry is for them! […]

Poetry Is Like a Dancing Peanut –– Ars Poetica @ Avondale Logandale

This week the students wrote their very own Ars Poetica. Now quite a few weeks into their residency, its time for these poets to let us know what poetry is for them! Ms. Pease […]

Poetry Feels Like Letters Dancing in the Sky –– Ars Poetica @ Darwin

This week the students wrote their very own Ars Poetica. Now quite a few weeks into their residency, its time for these poets to let us know what poetry is for them! Ms. Palacios […]

Pink is Like a Thousand Flowers in the Spring –– Color Poems @ Darwin

This week the 2nd graders continued their poetic personification. Today’s poem: personify a color! Enjoy: Ms. Palacios 2nd Grade Silver’s Day Sophia R. Silver is nice and gray. Silver is making everyone’s day. Silver […]

Then…… He Met…… Pink! –– Color Poems & Sound Poems @ Moos

This week the 3rd graders continued their poetic personification. Today’s poem: personify a color! And, we had the honor of having our second class with Ms. Mathes’ 2nd graders. Today, they worked on learning […]

Make All the Colors Leave and Stay Here Forever –– Color Poems @ Avondale Logandale

This week the 4th graders continued their poetic personification. Today’s poem: personify a color! Enjoy: Ms. Lozada 4th Grade Blue Kevin M. Blue makes me blue my favorite color, make everything blue even the […]

The Cloud Do Not Cry Instead He Rains –– Object Poems @ Darwin

Ms. Palacios 2nd Grade Sharks Angel F. Sharks live in the water. Sharks eat fish. Sharks have babies. Sharks care their babies to not get kill. Sharks tell me to go swim in the […]

An Open Door Leads to a Great World –– Object Poems @ Moos

Ms. Willis 3rd Grade Moose Isabella R. The moose said get me chocolate The moose said I got to go The moose said I’m hungry now The moose said cake now The moose said […]

The Door Said Who Are You –– Object Poems @ Avondale Logandale

Ms. Pease 4th Grade The Pretty Things Merileise V. The eraser says you made a mistake. The headband says I’m a pretty thing that goes on your head. The nail polish says your fingers […]

I Am A Dark Light In A Room — Delight Songs @ Avondale Logandale

This week we read, The Delight Song of Tsoai-Talee, by N. Scott Momaday. I asked the students how different elements of nature could be used to describe their own emotions and the powers they […]

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