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Coming to the Board

This week some Swift 2nd graders listened to the book, All Because You Matter by Tami Charles; while others explored pages of Imagine A World by Ron Gonsalves. Whether talking about how each of […]

“An Alien That Drives a Car”

Recently Swift 2nd graders have been playing with personification after reading Shel Silverstein’s “Whatif” poem. The narrator of the poem imagines little whatifs that crawl inside our ears at night, worrying us with questions […]

Diversity and Belonging

In our recent sessions, Swift 2nd graders talked about diversity, and found that it is everywhere! Diversity can be found in flowers, people, languages, colors, natural habitats, cats, dogs, music, countries, and elsewhere. We […]

Hot Cocoa Days

Even though we wrote wintery poems as a group during our last session, many Swift 2nd graders wanted to try their hands at writing individual winter poems. Have you ever imagined yourself as a […]

Wintery Words

For our 8th session, Swift 2nd graders were learning from home. We read “Winter Poem” by Nikki Giovanni and spent time talking about wintery things. One student shared that his name, Shishir, is related […]

Getting Back into Poetry with Monsters!

Happy New Year! 2nd graders at Swift kicked off 2022 by sharing things they are afraid of, and debating about whether or not monsters are real. We had fun with Dennis Lee’s poem, “I […]

Factory of Fun Ideas Pt. 2

Swift 2nd graders filled my heart with so much warm holiday cheer during our 6th visit together. Students made wonderful greeting cards for me, with lots of creative artwork and positive messages! Thank you […]

Factory of Fun Ideas Pt. 1

Last week 2nd graders at Swift welcomed Mr. McCaster and tried their hand at joining unexpected things together to make “Swan of Bees” poems. Some students selected favorites of the four types of poems […]

Some Dreams Are Scary!

The day of our 4th session was picture-taking day at Swift! Students in Ms. Arena’s class—formerly Ms. Popovic’s (you are missed, Ms. Popovic!)—were just about to get down to the business of writing dream […]

Different, Yet, Alike!

Every year I ask myself how should I introduce comparisons? – a lesson in which we look at ways to find what two different things have in common. Sometimes things like color, action, or […]

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