Greetings from the Land of Shelter-in-Place and Social Distancing. Well. I hope that the whole Swift Elementary School Community is safe and healthy. I SOOO miss visiting the classrooms of Ms. Popovic and Ms. Amato on Friday mornings. The students are just wonderfully curious, intelligent, and creative – each in their own unique ways. Some days when my heart is hungry for a smile, I close my eyes and picture their faces. Prior to the Stay At Home safety measures put in place just about 6-7 weeks ago, both classroom teachers and their students graced me with personal gifts for which I will always be grateful. Thank you.🙏🏾
Poets-in-Residence with the Chicago Poetry Center are currently revising our plans in order to make remote-learning poetry lessons available to our Hands on Stanzas students. In the meantime, April is National Poetry Month! And, some of Ms. Amato’s students wrote poems from home and sent them to her. She then forwarded them to me, and I am happy to publish them this week.
xoxo,
Ms. Leslie
Ms. Amato
2nd Grade
Scout
Milo D.
Scout has white paws
he has very strong jaws
Scout can run very fast
I wonder if a spell is cast?
our dog is the cutest things alive
we are lucky that dogs still thrive.
Is Like
Oliver B.
Milo is like me
Minecraft is like Animal crossing
a TV controller is like a video game
controller. A book is like a computer
Avengers are like Hydra.
A pencil is like a pen.
The sun is like macaroni and cheese.
A helicopter is like a plane.
I feel like a pen
Shreya D.
I feel like paper.
I feel like Chicago.
I feel like a spinning top.
I feel like a cake
I feel like sugar.
I feel like a flying T.V.
I feel like a pot of gold.
I feel like a glittery cupcake.
I feel like a flower.
I feel like a phone.
I feel like a little girl.
The End.
I dream
Apnasa C.
I dream of being a queen
I dream of being a unicorn
I dream of being a good friend
I dream of a good morning
I dream about a better day
I dream about being a mermaid
I dream I was a cat
I dream of a dream come true
I dream about being a great writer
I dream about being a good reader
Earth Colors
Jade. B.
Light is white and dark.
Earth has green and blue.
Sun has yellow and orange.
Land is brown and green
I love colors.
