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Twain 3rd Graders Bring the Joy!

For my first poetry date with Twain Elementary School’s 3rd graders, I came prepared to introduce the residency in four classrooms; to talk about “art class with words,” and learn something about the students […]

Bittersweet

For the last day of this year’s poetry residency, we played alliteration and word-association games. We talked about what it means to graduate, and how the end of the school year can feel – […]

Reflections

For our final sessions at Kozminski for the 2022-23 school year, we talked about being reflective. Students talked about things that they have learned, and how things have changed, or not changed since the […]

Summer Dreaming

Last week was my last session with Swift 2nd graders for the 2022-23 school year. We read I’d Know You Anywhere, My Love by Nancy Tillman, and students visited their poetry folders to review […]

Collaborative Creativity

Last week Shoesmith 4th graders read Kwame Alexander’s How to Write a Poem, and then worked collaboratively to create poems inspired by our discussions. Ms. Lehner 4th Grade – Group 1 Roaring into Poetry […]

“Words coming to life before your very eyes”

In our recent sessions, Kozminksi 4th and 5th grade poets took inspiration from Kwame Alexander’s book, How to Write a Poem, which starts off with “Begin with a question…” Students first brainstormed lists of […]

Kozminksi Cookbook

Before we got into discussing things we know how to do and transforming those How-to’s into non-traditional recipes, Kozminski student poets shared their recent experience of meeting and workshopping with student poets from Kenwood […]

Mixing it Up

As our poetry residency for the school year draws to a close, enjoy these Recipe Poems by Shoesmith 4th graders! Ms. Lehner4th Grade – Group 1 How to be a Good Gymnastby Khadijah D. […]

Snaps for Student Success!

Last Friday fourth graders were filled with fire, fun, and fabulous poetry because Shoesmith held a school- wide Poetry Slam! Organized by Ms. Lane, the Poetry Slam theme was “The Future We Want, The […]

Begin With a Question

Do you know the recipe for courage? What about the recipe for how to be a fast runner? Most recently at Swift, 2nd graders in Ms. Urquiza’s class worked on their Recipe Poems. Students […]

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