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Character Poems @ Moos Elementary (4th Grade)

Today at Moos, we talked about characters. We discussed how poets and writers use character maps in order to create fully formed characters that feel real to us. We diagrammed that every character has […]

Similes @ Moos Elementary (4th Grade)

Last week, we talked about comparisons. We discussed how we can use our five senses to create similes. The students compared big and small things, things in and out of school, and human versus non-human […]

Concise Seasons @ Edwards Elementary

This week at Edwards, we learned about writing concisely. We read a poem about seasons that only used two or three words per line and we used that as a model for our own […]

Sound Poems @ Moos Elementary (4th Grade)

Today at Moos, we talked about sound. We discussed the difference between sound words and onomatopoeias and how we can use both in our poems to be descriptive and detailed! Then, we shared our […]

Collaborative Poems @ Edwards Elementary

This week at Edwards, we learned about collaboration. We read a poem that had images and text and talked about how poets and artists collaborate all the time. Then, we played a game in […]

Dream Poems @ Moos Elementary (4th Grade)

Today at Moos, we talked about dreams. We shared how dreams can be scary, fun, and confusing. Then we read two different types of dreams and used our five senses to describe our own […]

Character Poems @ Edwards Elementary

This week at Edwards, we discussed characters! We talked about how poets and writers create character plans to help them build a world and story for a character. Then, students either created their own characters […]

Wish Poems @ Moos Elementary (4th Grade)

Today at Moos, we talked about wishes! We discussed the difference between real and imaginary wishes and used that to create a pattern to our poems. We then shared our poems with the whole […]

The Book of Questions @ Moos Elementary (4th Grade)

Last week, we started our residency with the fourth graders at Moos Elementary. We started by making poems that ask silly questions. This allows us to see how poetry is playful, fun, and free!  […]

Comparison Poems- Metaphors @ Edwards Elementary

This week at Edwards, we continued our lesson on comparisons. Last time, we talked about similes and this time we talked about metaphors! We chose to write about ourselves or someone else through a […]

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