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Poetry is… | Sabin 5th Grade

This week we built upon our introductory foundation of last week’s work with simile, with our this week’s work with metaphor. We read Nikki Giovani’s poem, “Poetry”. Students thought about what poetry is to […]

Sabin Elementary School | 5th Grade

We are reading these poems about personification and questions & answers: Has My Heart Gone to Sleep? Antonio Machado Has my heart gone to sleep? Have the beehives of my dreams stopped working, the […]

Sabin Elementary School | 4th Grade

We are reading about personification: Has My Heart Gone to Sleep? Antonio Machado Has my heart gone to sleep? Have the beehives of my dreams stopped working, the waterwheel of the mind run dry, […]

Grissom Elementary School | 6th Grade, What We Know

Mrs. Nazimek 6th   Cooking Leah S. A woman carefully choosing ingredients from a shelf full of dozens. A woman carefully analyzing each and every spatula eagerly waiting to be chosen to stir the […]

Grissom Elementary School | 8th Grade: At the End and the Beginning

Mrs. Nazimek 8th   Free Write ¨The Thoughts¨ Joel C.   I am the one Who thinks about the beyond As if it were right around the corner The one who thinks about free […]

Grissom Elementary School | 7th Grade, Thoughts & Actions

Mrs. Nazimek 7th | Thoughts & Actions       Free Write Alex D. Gardening… growing plants… tilling the dirt breathing in fresh air… in the hot sun… digging and planting the plants… waiting […]

Grissom Group Poems 7th Grade

Mrs. Nazimek | 7th Grade inspired by: “Bilingual/Bilingüe” , By Rhina P. Espaillat     Group Poem recited together Isabella, Dylan, Marisa, Yuria, Platon   There are five people at a table Each have […]

Grissom Group Poems 6th Grade

Mrs. Nazimek| 6th Grade (second period) inspired by: “Bilingual/Bilingüe” , By Rhina P. Espaillat   Group Poem recited together Eliana C., Nicholas H., Aerson O.   Quiet as a mouse, but not at my […]

Grissom Group Poems 8th Grade

Mrs. Nazimek | 8th Grade inspired by: “Bilingual/Bilingüe” , By Rhina P. Espaillat   Group Poem recited by one person Yariah, Nena, Damian, Miguel, Daniela, Kaylah   All 6 of us are different but […]

Grissom Group Poems 6th Grade

Mrs. Nazimek | 6th Grade (first period) inspired by: “Bilingual/Bilingüe” , By Rhina P. Espaillat   Group Poem recited together Bella E., Gia R., CJ V., Jonathan R.   I’m quiet when I’m by […]

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