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Hot Chip as Metaphor

Later in the week at Dulles, the 4th graders had some fun with metaphor! We read, “Words are Birds” by Francisco X. Alarcón, and discussed some of the ways in which the speaker feels […]

Until the Fence!

This week in Ms. Wilson’s 4th-grade class we started by asking ourselves about a time we were surprised. We then read the poem, “Skating in the Wind” by Kristine O’Connell George. The poem ends […]

Memories & Odes

During our second week together, Dulles 6th graders wrote memory poems and odes. On Tuesday, we read Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s “When I Am Six” and talked about the sensory images she uses to conjure her […]

Family Celebrity Poems

4th Grade This week at Dulles we wrote poems inspired by Ashley Bryan’s poem “My Dad”. We started off by sharing some favorite memories of a family member we admire, and what it is […]

6th graders Thoughts & Emotions

For the second week of our mini-residency 6th graders explored their thoughts and emotions. On Tuesday students read and discussed the poem “Thought Machine,” by Laura Mucha. In her poem Mucha compares her mind […]

“I Am Black”

After getting off to a rocky start for our 3rd and 4th sessions, 4th graders in Mr. Adenuga’s class began to open-up to poetry. This week I shared Kwame Alexander’s book, How to Write […]

I Am… Who we are

For our first session with Ms. Tze’s 4th grade class we introduced ourselves by writing an I Am Poem inspired by Leslie Reese. We talked about all the different things that make us who […]

The People & Places We Come From

For our first week together at Dulles, we talked about the people and places we come from, beginning with the poem “Roots” by Clint Smith. On Tuesday, students thought about what they have in […]

All About Wishes and Sensory Details

Lesson Note: For our first week, we wrote poems about our wildest wishes, and then wrote poems about some of the places in our lives where we see, hear, touch, smell, and taste some […]

Where do we find poetry?

For our first day with Ms. Wilson’s 4th-grade class at Dulles Elementary, we asked ourselves, what is poetry? And where is it? and when what and why? These 4th graders had lots of insightful […]

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