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Haiku

Fourth and fifth grade students created haikus. Look at their work. The Land of Nature by Janila A. A beautiful land crickets and insects you hear wonderful land   El Perro By Roman C. […]

Question poems

Students wove questions into their poems. Here’s what was created. Un dia con mi perro by Roman E. Mi perro por que se levanto tan temperano?   Mi perro por que es como un […]

Sound poems part 2

Fourth and fifth grade students created sound poems. Read what they created. By Jahila A. cling ka-pow ch-ch boom pow ch-ching The Hotel By Dario P. I hear knocking outside my door knock-knock, then […]

Sound poems part 1

Fourth and fifth grade students created sound poems. Read what they created. Grandparents’ House By Dario P. I was in my grandpa’s house ‘click’ the soda goes. My grandma is cooking ka-pluk goes the […]

Question Poems

Nixon students asked questions and turned them into poems! Questions with answers, questions without answers, and questions that lead to more questions: La Vida by Esteban C. La vida tiene momentos felice y tristes. […]

Comparisons

The Nixon poets wrote poems grounded in the concept of similes: comparing two unlike things (using the words “like” or “as.” The results were terrific: Perfume by Alexis C. Perfume smells like heaven. It […]

My Community

Fourth and fifth graders in the after-school program wrote poems about their community. Here’s what they wrote. My Community by Alexis G. My community is my brother. My brother helps me. Community feels like […]

Weekday poems

Students used the calendar for inspiration. Here’s what they created. El Miercoles By Roman Esteban Es como mercurio frio por fuera pero eso no impide que uno se divierte el miercoles.   En el […]

Favorite Things

Students wrote about their favorite things. Champion Shoes By Alexis G. My favorite shoes are Champions. I like the Champion shoes to be lack. The shoes make me feel like I am in the […]

Feeling an Animal

The fourth and fifth graders at imagined what animal they felt like on a specific day of the week. Here’s what they created. On Monday By Armanie T. Early on a Monday I feel […]

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