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Sound Poems @ Darwin

We had so much fun exploring different sounds and how we can put them in poetry at Darwin this week! Here are this week’s featured poets! Ms. Garcia, 2nd grade, Spanish   El Parque […]

Yo Quiero / I Wish Poems with Darwin

At Darwin Elementary, we began poetry classes this snowy Monday at Ms. Garcia’s 2nd grade class! The first prompt was to write poems listing our wishes, which I told them was kind of like […]

Poetry is like an Unknown Forest

This week was our last week of poetry writing for the school year! Next week the students will be performing for each other, selecting their favorite poems to share at an in-school reading. And […]

The Delight Song of Flash Romeo

Mrs. Taisor 2nd Grade   Superhero Girls Dereonna H. I am a beautiful water fall I am the deepest blue ocean I am blue like the oean I am the hopping bunny in the […]

He Was Ten / And He Could Teleport: Colors Personified @ Darwin

Ms. Garcia 2nd Grade What Blue Daniel Please blue leave me alone so I can do stuff alone And more stuff that   Red Kelly A. My favorite color is RED. ¡yei! RED flies […]

This Book is a Part of the Solar System

This week: poems about the most magical libraries we can dream up!   Ms Garcia 2nd Grade Biblioteca Jesus Alejandro M. Este libro fue el primero Este Libro callo del sielo (cielo)   Library […]

I Used To Be a Little Rainbow

Everybody changes all the time. What did you used to be, and how has that changed? The second graders answer that question this week in poetic form. Ms Garcia 2nd Grade Yo By Bryan […]

It’s spring on the swing: Haiku at Darwin

This week: seasonal haiku! Students were encouraged to start with the season of their choice, and then see how many they could make. We ready poems by Issa, and discussed using elements of nature […]

‘Un sieto ques muy/Bien para mi’: Odes and Pablo Neruda

This week we go to our happy places, courtesy Pablo Neruda. We start with Neruda’s beautiful poem, “Ode to Enchanted Light.” In our dual language classes, we read it in both the original Spanish […]

A House of Birds: Beautiful combinations at Darwin Elementary

We try a lot of different experiments with language as we get used to poetry–art class with words, is what we call it in the Darwin 2nd grade classrooms!   Ms. Tasior 2nd Grade […]

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