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The Bird Is the Word

6 Feb 2014

Since Groundhog Day happened this past weekend, animals were the focus this week. We read Emily Dickinson‘s “A Bird came down the Walk” and focused on what happens in the poem to begin. Students […]

Here’s Looking at You!

23 Jan 2014

For our second week at Skinner, we had a little more time to discuss the poet and poem, to write, and then share the finished products in class. In honor of Martin Luther King, […]

I’ll Have a Slice of Poetry, Please!

17 Jan 2014

We had our first classes this week at Skinner. I enjoyed getting reacquainted with the 2nd grade teachers from last year—Ms. Ellis, Mrs. Beaudry, and Mrs. Rupp—as well as meeting Mrs. Stone, and of […]

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