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Little Poetry Lessons

As remote and hybrid learning continues this spring, Shoesmith 4th graders are expressing what is on their minds with more and more confidence. In the session before the week of standardized testing, students looked […]

Haiku Stanzas!

Hybrid learning continued during National Poetry Month in April. After weeks of reading and writing poems written in free verse, Avondale Logandale 5th graders explored the Haiku, or Hokku a poetry form of Japanese […]

Year of the Mask

Avondale-Logandale 5th graders kicked-off National Poetry Month with a couple of weeks contemplating MASKS. We looked at images of cultural masks from around the world, as well as masks that the global community began […]

4th grade Syllable Math!

As remote and hybrid learning continues, Shoesmith 4th graders [and their teachers!] have been practicing resilience. With each poetry session students return stronger than ever to express their ideas and concerns, finding new ways […]

We Wonder: “What’s under?”

It’s hard to believe that Ms. Leslie’s poetry residencies with Swift 2nd graders for the 2020-2021 school year have come to a close. All of our lessons this year have been remote! Somehow, we […]

Ancestors and Abuelitos: 5th Grader’s Tributes

Avondale-Logandale 5th graders were so inspired by the video we watched during Women’s History Month of Mayda del Valle performing poems she wrote about her mother and grandmother, that they had to write their […]

Where we come from, Who we belong to, and What makes us unique

As Swift 2nd graders continued with remote learning, we talked about diversity – meaning variety and difference – and the many places we find it: in plants, trees, and flowers; in the animal kingdom […]

5th Grade Recipes for Confidence, Gaming, Happiness and More!

Cookbooks, cooking shows, and online recipes abound, but you won’t find a more eclectic collection of recipes than the one that follows! During our 13th remote poetry session together, Avondale-Logandale 5th graders discussed ingredients, […]

2nd Grade Odes of Wonder

Odes and wondrousness is what we were investigating during our 17th remote poetry session. Swift 2nd graders contemplated things that they wonder about, things that make them curious. We read “In Praise of Tiny […]

Mini Cookbook of 4th Grade Recipes

What is your recipe for courage? What is your recipe for being lazy? Shoesmith 4th graders were thoughtful about these things before, during, and after reading “Recipe for Courage”by Marilyn Singer, and “Recipe for […]

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