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Similes @ Moos Elementary (4th Grade)

Last week, we talked about comparisons. We discussed how we can use our five senses to create similes. The students compared big and small things, things in and out of school, and human versus […]

Sound Poems @ Moos Elementary (4th Grade)

Today at Moos, we talked about sound. We discussed the difference between sound words and onomatopoeias and how we can use both in our poems to be descriptive and detailed! Then, we shared our […]

Dream Poems @ Moos Elementary (4th Grade)

Today at Moos, we talked about dreams. We shared how dreams can be scary, fun, and confusing. Then we read two different types of dreams and used our five senses to describe our own […]

Wish Poems @ Moos Elementary (4th Grade)

Today at Moos, we talked about wishes! We discussed the difference between real and imaginary wishes and used that to create a pattern to our poems. We then shared our poems with the whole […]

The Book of Questions @ Moos Elementary (4th Grade)

Last week, we started our residency with the fourth graders at Moos Elementary. We started by making poems that ask silly questions. This allows us to see how poetry is playful, fun, and free! […]

Metaphors @ Moos Elementary

Today at Moos, we explored more comparison. This time, we wrote metaphors! We compared big and small things, real and unreal things, human and non-human things. After that, we shared our poems and got […]

Sound Poems @ Moos Elementary

Today at Moos, we narrowed in on one of our five senses: sound! We thought of some of our favorite sound words like “boom!” Then we thought of where we hear the most sounds: […]

Wish Poems @ Moos Elementary

Today at Moos, we had a very special guest, Ms.Beth! She taught the class about how we can use our wishes; some real wishes that can come true, and some wild, silly wishes, to […]

“hearts and stars are like sharp sculptures”: Image-Based Similes @ Moos Elementary

Today at Moos, we learned about collaboration as a way to explore comparisons. First, the students played a game of exquisite corpse, in which they partnered with someone to draw pictures back and forth […]

“sound trains” @ Moos Elementary

Today at Moos, we wrote about the seasons! We learned about making our language concise in poetry and how we can use the smallest amount of words to make interesting lines over and over […]

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