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I Wish I Had Mind Powers!!! And other wishes at Avondale Logandale Elementary

In order to get better acquainted and have some fun, I asked the 4th graders at Avondale Logandale Elementary to write poems about their wishes–both wishes that could come true, and those that just […]

Carnival of the Animals Featured Poems: Avondale-Logandale

In collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, on March 20 and 21, students from the Hands on Stanzas program will participate in a presentation of Carnival of the Animals. This special concert designed for […]

Walls Are Secret Doors & Other Comparisons @ Avondale Logandale

This week the students and I discussed similes. We tried our hands at surprising comparisons, to see what exciting new ideas might emerge from strange pairings…   Ms. Pease 4th Grade Literary Arts   […]

Run Donkey, Run! @Avondale Elementary

To continue prepping for our collaboration with and field trip to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the students and made one more poem from the music of Carnival of the Animals, specifically, the movement called […]

The Wondrous Wishes of Avondale Logandale School

This week I asked the students about their wishes–both attainable, every day wishes, and the most wild fantasies they could imagine. The students had a whole lot of fun with this one, as you […]

Avondale Logandale Takes a Cabbage Apart

This week we read an exerpt from “Some Puts a Pineapple Together” by Wallace Stevens. The students discussed how Stevens takes an everyday object and sees many wondrous worlds inside of it. I asked […]

The Birds Fly Cool: A Haiku For Each Season

The students and I had an extra long break due to the first vortex of 2015! In honor of how frozen we were that week, when we finally got back together we read a […]

Sorry Not Sorry!

This week we read the delectable “This Is Just To Say” by William Carlos Williams, in which he expertly maneuvers the “sorry, not sorry” faux-apology. As enjoyable as Williams’ poem is, it is even […]

Where We’re From: Avondale Logandale Edition

This week we read George Ella Lyon’s “Where I’m From.” Normally, we find ourselves saying things like “I’m from Chicago,” but this poems shows that if you describe all the little things your from–the […]

A Concert In The Desert: The Carnival of the Animals

This week I had to distinct pleasure of writing poems to music with the Avondale 4th Graders. As part of the Poetry Center’s Collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, our students are listening to […]

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