Mi mamá escuchando la radio: The Sounds We Hear @ Darwin Elementary

BY B Sampson
/ 7 Dec 2016

For our third poetry session, the Darwin second graders and I discussed… bum ba da bum… sound! We talked about how using sounds can create a richness in your writing, and is another way to set a scene, and involve your reader. The first five weeks we will be working on different elements that make our writing strong. Today the students incorporated into their poems sounds they hear around them daily.

Ms. Garcia
2nd Grade

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Maricarmen A.

Mi mamá escuchando la radio
Mi familia y yo escuchamos películas.
Mi padre escucha música en el carro.
Yo escucho palomitas cocienandose
y haciendo pop pop y pop y pop y pop
Yo escucho la maestra hablar
Mi maestra escucha música

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Maricarmen A.

My mom listening to the radio
My family and I listening to movies
My dad listens to music in the car
I listen to popcorn cooking
and it makes pop pop and pop and pop and pop
I listen to my teacher talk
My teacher listens to music

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Sky V.

I hear the waves go cockadoodle-doo
I hear the kite go aaaaauuuuuuuu

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Jaxiry P.

Yo escucho la musica en la clase
Yo escucho un violín
Yo escucho un payaso hablando
Yo ecucho una campana
Yo escucho un piano
Yo escucho una bolsa
Yo escucho un perrito

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Jaxiry P.

I hear the music in class
I hear a violin
I hear a clown talking
I hear a bell
I hear a piano
I hear a bag
I hear a puppy

Ms. Palacios

2nd Grade

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Meribeth

I hear Santa said hohoho

I hear the wind wosh wosh

I hear the people yelling

I hear water shaking wosh wosh

I hear the music do do do

I hear the jacket zipper zzzz

I hear the movies pop pop

I hear then trees ch ch ch

I hear the Christmas trees cha cha

I hear the popcorn po po

I hear the paper wosh wosh

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Aiden S.

I hear ding ding ding ding when

I was in the hospital, I hear

drip drip drip drop when it

rains I hear wha wha wha

from my baby brother I

hear sizzling bacon I hear

thump thump thump from my

baby brother jumping I hear

wooh from the wind I

hear beep beep from the

cars I hear woosh from

the waves from the beach

I hear thunder from storms

I hear chicken

I hear

Kaylee Q.

I hear my sister talking loud

I hear the tv on

I hear the food

I hear my baby sister crying

I hear the door ringing

I hear my teacher Ms. Palacios talking

I hear the phone ring

I hear my friend talking

I hear lightening everywhere

I hear my mom talking

I hear rain everywhere

I hear people talking

I hear my cousin talking

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