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I Am A Metaphor

For the six week of Hale Elementary’s after school poetry, 3rd-5th graders had fun with metaphors. Metaphors involve comparisons between unlike things using words such as am, is, or are. On Tuesday we read […]

Spooky Rhymes

Its Halloween time for the 3rd-5th grade poets of Hale Elementary. This week we explored silly and terrifying poems. On Tuesday we read “Halloween Party” by Kenn Nesbitt, who used couplets, pairs of rhyming […]

Senses In The City

For our third week together Hale after school 3rd-5th graders used sensory details to experience different places. Sensory details is when a poet uses their five senses (feel, taste, smell, hear, and see) to […]

Dreaming Together

In the second week of our after school residency the 3rd-5th graders at Hale Elementary explored ideas about dreams. We discussed different types of dreams: dreams about the future, silly dreams, fantasies, and nightmares. […]

What’s In A Name?

I was excited to meet Ms. Deguilio and the 3-5 graders of Nathan Hale Elementary. Students kicked off their after school poetry residency this week by exploring names and their meanings. They were asked […]

Poetry Is Truth

For our final virtual poetry lesson, Dubois students experimented with collaborative poems. A collaborative poem is when a group of poets contribute individual lines to create a unified poem. Together we read a poem […]

5th and 6th Graders tell “The Truth” about Poetry

For their nineteenth virtual poetry lesson, Shoesmith 5th and 6th graders wrote collaborative poems. A collaborative poem is when a group of poets contribute individual lines to create a unified poem. Together we read […]

Magnificent Mottos

For our 10th virtual poetry lesson Dubois students explored ideas about mottos. A motto is a word, phrase, or sentence that expresses the principles or belief of a person, group, country, or organization. Together […]

Becoming Famous @ Shoesmith 5th & 6th Grade

In their eighteenth virtual lesson, Shoesmith 5th and 6th graders explored the meaning of fame. They were asked, “What is fame?” For students fame means popularity, celebrated for an achievement, being remembered for something […]

The Perfect Dream

For our ninth virtual lesson together, Dubois students explored the meaning of dreams. Dreams are usually images when see in our sleep. Dreams can involve fantasies, but also goals we want to achieve in […]

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