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This week: poems about the most magical libraries we can dream up!   Ms Garcia 2nd Grade Biblioteca Jesus Alejandro M. Este libro fue el primero Este Libro callo del sielo (cielo)   Library […]

This week: poems about the most magical libraries we can dream up! Ms. Batres 3rd Grade Library By Edgar R. This book makes me feel like I’m in space This book took me to […]

Everybody changes all the time. What did you used to be, and how has that changed? The second graders answer that question this week in poetic form. Ms Garcia 2nd Grade Yo By Bryan […]

Ms. Pease 3rd Grade Savage Bro By Dylan V. I used to be a game But now I am a controller I used to be a Roblox character But now I am a hacker […]

This week: seasonal haiku! Students were encouraged to start with the season of their choice, and then see how many they could make. We ready poems by Issa, and discussed using elements of nature […]

This week: seasonal haiku! Students were encouraged to start with the season of their choice, and then see how many they could make. We ready poems by Issa, and discussed using elements of nature […]

This week we had some silly fun with language. We discussed the idea that a poet can make almost nonsense and yet… your mind will make an image anyway! Now that’s a powerful mind… […]

This week we go to our happy places, courtesy Pablo Neruda. We start with Neruda’s beautiful poem, “Ode to Enchanted Light.” In our dual language classes, we read it in both the original Spanish […]

This week in the third grade classrooms of Avondale Logandale… dream poems! We discussed all the different sorts of dreams one might have: scary dreams, weird dreams, funny, sad, confusing, happy, triumphant dreams. We’ve […]

Sounds! They fill our world and inform our surroundings–often making or halting a mood. But how do we put them on paper? This week the third graders and I made sound portraits of our […]

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