For our second session at Smyser, we started the day with a warm-up game where we introduced ourselves with an alliterative adjective to go along with our names. I was “Energetic Em!” The students came up with some really great examples, including, “Infitinite Inas”! Then when we were nice and warmed up we read the poem “Tecolote” by Jose Hernandez Diaz. We found so much in this poem; not only favorite words but also favorite animals. We practiced using descriptive language and everyone had alliteration on the brain after our activity. The students also noticed the bilingual nature of Diaz’s poem and wanted to incorporate multiple languages into their work too. See for yourself how well these poems turned out!
Ms. Erzrumly’s 4th Grade:
Cat
by Nathaniel M.
gatos lindos
por la mañana
cute cats
in the morning
gatos peludos
se siente
como seda
furry cats
feels like silk
Cheetah
By Nickolas W.
creative cheetah
finding new ways to get its prey
sneaking right behind them to get in their way
caring cheetah
protecting their cubs from predator
The Jagged Jaguar
By Raven G.
The jagged jaguar went gym
and got jacked then he went
to Jewel and he was in Japan
and ate Jimmy Johns and
he was Jazzy.
Sloth
By Maya P.
The slow sloth going up the tree
The super sloth
The silenced sloth
Sloth in Polish is Lenistwo
Dog
By Emma T.
dog
dreaming dog
yawning
delicate
dog running
delightful
dog playing
dazzling
dogs
Jaguar
By Vivian G.
the Jaguar with jewels
it has a little drool
jaguar music jazzy
a little sleepy too.
Dog Poem
By Naomi J.
How wonderful dogs are
they are like shooting stars
No matter how bad they are
dogs are calm like the waves
dogs are deep in love with other dogs
because they are loyal
and nice oh yes they are.
Ms Edward’s 4th Grade
Królik
By Nicole
My mom used to call me
“Królik” which meant bunny
She called me a bunny
cuz’ I used to hop around
No joke, no joke
You should believe me
cuz’ she took pictures
Królik królik
My mom’s words marked:
“cute bunny
Fast Jumping
Sleeping in grass
Being itself
Nobody said no,
to a bunny like you”
A bow here
and a bow there
There is so
many bows to
place, on this
furry bun
There is
not a cuter
bunny then
this one.
Guepardo
By Jaylani
Guepardo Jugetón como yo,
guepardo Rapido como yo,
Guepardo espeluzante como yo,
Guepardo caza en el Jungla pero
yo no,
El Guepardo tiene muchas differencias
I muchas cosas que son igudes
(Playful Cheetah like me,
Cheetah Fast like me,
Creepy cheetah like me,
Cheetah hunts in the jungle but
I don’t,
The Cheetah has many differences
I many things that are same)
Dog
By Anonymous
1 dog bug my dog hates bugs
2 dog blog my dog loves to blog with me
3 dog fog my dog loves fog
4 dog log my dog hates log
5 dog talk my dog loves to talk with me
6 dog walk my dog loves going on walks
7 dog drop my dog hates drops on his nose
8 dog chalk my dog likes to eat chalk
9 dog jog my dog chases me when I jog
Sloths
By Annalise
Slow Sloth
Creek! in the tree
Snoozing Sloth
Sleeping on the tree branch
Playful sloth
Playing across the trees
That’s what you do
The Perito
By Malillany
Crazy lazy perito and
happy, sclosa
make my day
make it yay
CATS
By Tara
A cute cat is a playful cat
A playful cat is a fateful cat
A kind cat is a mindful cat
A fluffy cat is a puffy cat
I love cats cats love you
who else does I do too
fluss-cooter-schildkröte
By Nahla
A river cooter turtle is as green as grass
wherever you see them they will make a splash!
