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I See Trees of Green

The first two weeks at Hale Elementary, our young poets were introduced to the concept of poetic line and stanza. Before we begin reading a poem we each shout out how many lines and […]

Sweet Dreams

For Week 2 of the poetry residency at Hale Elementary, the poets submerged themselves inside the weird and spectacular world of dreams. We asked ourselves what details can we remember from our dreams and […]

My Name…

For Week 1 of the poetry residency, the wonderful students at Hale Elementary School analyzed the powers of their own names — where do names come from and what do names mean? Some students […]

Two-a-Pairs

Hale students are powerful on their own, but also make great team players. Together, we discussed what makes something a good pair, then named some of our favorites. Things like peanut butter and jelly, […]

Monster Masterpieces

Last week, Hale’s summer program students dabbled in the world of fantasy with their writing. Our 3-6th graders first spent time creating their own monsters with interesting back stories to match. Some of our […]

The Story of a Name

This week kicked off our first week of Hale’s summer poetry program. Students got warmed up with a few exciting games of Simon Says and Four Corners before reading name poems. We talked about […]

The Grand Finale

Our final week as Hale’s 6-8th grade poetry club was a bittersweet one, but we made sure to celebrate. Throughout the school year, they’ve challenged themselves to creatively put words on a page. On […]

Keep A Poem In Your Pocket

Hale Elementary 3rd-5th grade poets have made it to their twenty-third and last week of poetry club. Just like in our previous blog post we continued to celebrate the month of April. Not only […]

Poem Remix

Howdy, readers! We’re entering our last few sessions together as Hale’s 6-8th grade poetry club. On Tuesday, we did some editing work together. Students chose to either remix their poems by swapping line orders […]

April Is For Poets

April is National Poetry Month! For their twenty-second week of poetry Hale 3rd-5th graders are celebrating all things poetry. On Tuesday we read the poem “March 31st,” by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater. In her poem […]

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