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I Am… Who we are

For our first session with Ms. Tze’s 4th grade class we introduced ourselves by writing an I Am Poem inspired by Leslie Reese. We talked about all the different things that make us who […]

School’s Out For Summer!

Today was our last session at Perez Elementary and we spent the time celebrating! After passing around a huge bowl of candy, (which is great early in the morning) students looked over their poetry […]

Goodbye and Goodluck!

This was our last week of programming at Clissold Elementary as we closed out the school year. I want to give a huge thank you to Mr. Stalnos for inviting CPC in to facilitate […]

Summer Here We Come!

Today was my last session with all my Foster Park Elementary Students. We had a short session together since the 8th graders were getting ready for graduation and 6th and 7th grade were enjoying […]

All Good Things…

We made it to the end of our time at Simpson Academy! A big thank you to all the amazing teachers and students who put so much time and effort into making this such […]

8th Grade- Tables and Odes Pt. 2

Last week we got started on poems inspired by Joy Harjo’s piece “Perhaps The World Ends Here”, while some students chose to write ode poems to things they love or admire. We spent some […]

8th Grade- Tables and Odes Pt. 1

This week we read Joy Harjo’s “Perhaps the World Ends Here” and talked about all of the things that can take place at a table. Whether it’s at home, or in the cafeteria. Some […]

8th Grade- Personification Pt. 2

Last week we got started on poems using personification as a device to approach larger than life ideas. Sometimes, one session just isn’t enough time to create a masterpiece so we continued working on […]

Quiet Poems

It’s almost the end of the school year and students at Perez are excited for their approaching summer vacation. This week we read The Quiet Machine by Ada Limon and talked about what the […]

The Feelings Machine

It’s almost the end of the school year and students at Perez are excited for their approaching summer vacation. This week we read “The Quiet Machine” by Ada Limón and talked about what the […]

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