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Music is Like a Breeze in the Trees: Comparisons @ Moos Elementary

This week students learned about comparisons, and specifically similes. The 3rd graders made the astute observation that a simile is interesting because the two things being compared a different enough to make you stop […]

I Wish A Bird Can Dance At A Party With Me: Moos Wishes

The residency begins! The first week we have lots to talk about—what is a poem, anyway? Why are poetic lines different? This year at Moos we are working with 2nd and 3rd Grades. In […]

Melocoton & Enfrijoladas: Where We’re From

As we’ve neared the end of our residency, I’ve asked the students to write reflective poems, about themselves, and where they’re from. For this last writing week, I wanted students to write autobiographically, and […]

I Used To Be The Whip / But Now I’m Nae Nae

We’re nearing the end of our poetry residency, and so we reflect. The 3rd graders at Moos recalled all of their big poetry vocabulary for the year, and then we thought about all the […]

I Am The Storm Letting My Madness Go

We started off our lesson by reading The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee by N. Scott Momaday. We continued our examination of imagery, metaphor, and personification. I asked the students to write their own “I […]

Poetry Feels Like Letters Dancing With Feelings

Last week Ms. Freedman’s third graders did a special prompt. I asked them to write what poetry feels like to them. They came up with some pretty awesome ideas! Ms. Freedman 3rd Grade Poetry […]

A Blue Day Is An Okay Day: Colors Personified at Moos Elementary

The third graders have been putting together many skills lately: personification, imagery, metaphor, simile, and their poems are so rich because of it! I thought I’d give them this prompt, and see what they […]

The Pencil Always Dances: Personification at Moos Elementary

The third graders at Moos Elementary learned a hefty new vocabulary word this week: personification! Next they investigated their classroom for objects to personify. If the books suddenly came alive, what would they do? […]

I Will Miss Your Frosting & Ice Skates: Haiku @ Moos

What is your favorite season? The 2nd graders at Darwin like them all! I asked the students to start by writing about their favorite season, and then see if they could write one poem […]

Put On A Dress & Head To The Moon! Sleepy poems @ Moos Elementary

What do you think about as you drift off to sleep? We used Li Po’s contemplative “Quiet Night Thoughts,” to consider our thoughts between waking life and dreams. Because he is so skilled in […]

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