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You Are Like a Heart Falling: Odes @ Darwin

This week the 2nd graders at Darwin and I read Ode to Enchanted Light by Pablo Neruda. This poem leaves with the sense that the poet is in love with the world, and he’s […]

Un Corazon De Arboles: Beautiful Mistakes @ Darwin Elementary

The Darwin 2nd graders worked from a classic this week by Kenneth Koch. Once when Koch was teaching, a student meant to write “a swarm of bees,” but accidentally wrote “a swan of bees,” […]

I Dream Of A Bounce House: 2nd Grade Dreams @ Darwin!

This week in 2nd grade poems: Dream Worlds! The students and I discussed the playfulness of dreams, and how we could use the comparisons, sounds and other skills we had already worked on to […]

I hear my mom cooking palomitas, POP! — The Sounds of Darwin Elementary

For our third class together, the Darwin 2nd graders and I worked on incorporating sound into our poems. We looked around our houses, schools, and of course, Chicago, for inspiration. Listen up! Mr. Posthelwait […]

Un Abrazo Es Como Un Circulo: Similes at Darwin Elementary

Similes are exciting because they illuminate similarities between different things. This week the 2nd graders and I worked on our own similes, or, comparison poems. The 2nd graders came up with a lot of […]

Wonderful Wishes of Darwin Elementary

This week the 2nd grade students at Darwin Elementary wrote poems about their wishes–both wishes that could come true, and those that just fun to fantasize about. We had a blast! Mr. Posthlewait 2nd […]

Carnival of the Animals Featured Poems: Darwin

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

Pizza Restaurants & Baby Zebras: The Dreams of Darwin Elementary

This week: our dreams! Full of hopes, fears, and chocolate houses… Ms. Robbins 2nd & 3rd Grade Sweet Dream Janelle R. My dream is filled with all of the colors and paintings. There are […]

A Whoosh Happens and other sounds at Darwin Elementary

This week we’re exploring sound poems. Some sounds already have words, but others don’t, and I encouraged the students to invite sound words where needed. Students considered the sounds at home, at school, and […]

My Grandma Is Like a Muffin & Other Strange Comparisons @ Darwin Elementary

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 Arango 2nd Grade Is Like Genevieve D. […]

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