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Grissom Elementary School | Acrostic Poems: Allow Us to Introduce Ourselves

We introduced ourselves to each other by reading acrostic poems we wrote about ourselves. How would you introduce yourself in an acrostic poem? Can you find our names written within our poems? _______________________ The […]

What I Like: Acrostic Poems

We wrote Acrostic poems to introduce ourselves and some of what we like. What would you add to an Acrostic poem about yourself; can you read our names within our poem? We will soon […]

Poemas Sobre Música | Poems About Music

¡Estos son nuestros poemas sobre la música!  ¡Y pensamos que la voz también es un instrumento! These are our poems about music!  And we think the voice is an instrument too! ____________ No Music […]

Odas | Odes

We read Poem for the Tin-tun-teros, by Brenda Cárdenas, and we talked about a poem called an Ode: this is a poem you write for or about someone or something special. Here are our […]

Un Año para Recordar | A Year to Remember

Leímos el poema, fresca, escrito por Nayyirah Waheed y nos da la inspiración de pensar en lo que pasará. Entonces, estamos pensando en este año y en lo que podría ser. Primero respondimos preguntas […]

Símil | Simile

We are thinking about similes and practicing writing them. Here are some of our similes and soon we will share poems that we’ve written inspired by them! Estamos pensando sobre símil y practicando escribiendo […]

Veo Veo… Poemas I Spy…Poems

¡Nos divertimos mucho practicando la escritura de poemas con descripción y detalles cuando escribimos estos poemas! Pensábamos en el juego de ‘Veo Veo…’ y pensábamos en maneras de usar nuestras palabras para describir y […]

Poetry | La Poesía

Metaphor| Metáfora Sabin Elementary School | 4th Grade Our work with metaphor! We read Nikki Giovani’s poem, “Poetry” What is poetry? Students thought about what poetry is to them. Check out some student poetry […]

Imagination | Imaginación

Sabin Elementary School | 4th Grade Leímos el poema “fresca” escrito por Nayyirah Waheed; y toma forma interesante con el título en el fondo del poema. Hablábamos sobre el futuro, lo que venga y […]

Allow Us to Introduce Ourselves: Acrostic Poems

Sabin Elementary School | 4th Grade We introduced ourselves to each other by reading acrostic poems we wrote about ourselves. Nos presentamos para leer nuestros poemas acrósticos. How would you introduce yourself in an […]

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