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A Special Gift

In Ms Carteno’s class at Dever, we read Pablo Neruda’s “Ode to My Socks.” We discussed how surprising his similes are and the students remarked that all the natural imagery made them feel like […]

What is art?

At Haugan Elementary this week, we studied the Dada art movement. We talked about how the Dada art movement, focused on randomness and absurdity, came out of a period of intense trauma and discussed […]

What is art?

At Dever Elementary this week, we studied the Dada art movement. We talked about how the Dada art movement, focused on randomness and absurdity, came out of a period of intense trauma and discussed […]

Metaphors for Belonging-5th grade

In Ms. Robinson-Sanchez’s 5th grade class, we read Francisco X. Alarcón’s Natural Criminal (in English and Spanish) and thought about the ways that he used metaphor to describe the ways he did not feel […]

Metaphors for Belonging-6th grade

In Ms. Mild-Thomas’s class, we readFrancisco X. Alarcón’s Natural Criminal (in English and Spanish) and thought about the ways that he used metaphor to describe the ways he did not feel like he belonged […]

Ekphrastic Poems for Ronan Park

At Haugan we worked with the North River Commission to write ekphrastic poems about sculptures at Ronan Sculpture Park! In a few weeks, we’ll go to the park to see the sculptures and have […]

Belonging

Today, we readFrancisco X. Alarcón’s Natural Criminal (in English and Spanish) and thought about the ways that he used metaphor to describe the ways he did not feel like he belonged impacted us. We […]

Stories We Need to See

The 8th graders at Haugan read (and watched) Danez Smith’s “Dinosaur in the Hood” and discussed the kinds of movies we want to see in the world. We thought a lot about how he […]

Metaphor, Simile, Metaphor, Simile

We have been loving experimenting with metaphor and simile at Dever Elementary! We looked back through some of our favorite metaphors and similes from the year so far and wrote our own poems bursting […]

Poems as Superheroes–5th grade

In Ms. Robinson-Sanchez’s 5th grade class, we read Blk Girl Art by Jamila Woods and discussed what we want poems to be able to do in the world. We imagined our poems as superheroes, […]

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