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Comparison Poems – Similes @ Edwards Elementary

This week at Edwards, we learned about comparisons. First, we started with similes. By comparing things that are big versus small, in school versus outside of school, and real versus unreal, we were able […]

Sound Poems @ Edwards Elementary

This week at Edwards, we explored the world of sound. We thought of sounds we hear all around us and how we can create sound words to represent strange and interesting things that we […]

Metaphors @ Moos Elementary

Today at Moos, we explored more comparison. This time, we wrote metaphors! We compared big and small things, real and unreal things, human and non-human things. After that, we shared our poems and got […]

Dream Poems @ Edwards Elementary

For our third week at Edwards Elementary, we talked about dreams! We discussed dream logic and how dreams sometimes don’t make any sense to us or how it is hard to remember our dreams […]

Sound Poems @ Moos Elementary

Today at Moos, we narrowed in on one of our five senses: sound! We thought of some of our favorite sound words like “boom!” Then we thought of where we hear the most sounds: […]

Wish Poems @ Edwards Elementary

For our second week at Edwards Elementary, we talked about wishes! Students discussed real and imaginary wishes and we used those two distinctions to create patterns in our poems. The students enjoyed sharing their […]

Wish Poems @ Moos Elementary

Today at Moos, we had a very special guest, Ms.Beth! She taught the class about how we can use our wishes; some real wishes that can come true, and some wild, silly wishes, to […]

“hearts and stars are like sharp sculptures”: Image-Based Similes @ Moos Elementary

Today at Moos, we learned about collaboration as a way to explore comparisons. First, the students played a game of exquisite corpse, in which they partnered with someone to draw pictures back and forth […]

“sound trains” @ Moos Elementary

Today at Moos, we wrote about the seasons! We learned about making our language concise in poetry and how we can use the smallest amount of words to make interesting lines over and over […]

“there, happy and they want to run” – Building Characters @ Moos Elementary

Today at Moos, we created our own characters. We read a poem called the “Dream Drum Girl” by Margarita Engel and talked about how characters have dreams, obstacles, and get help from others to […]

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