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Springtime

This week some students wrote about spring and others wrote about food they enjoy. Mr. Alzola third grade Spring month by Nathalie butterfly grass good eggs rain flowers hot orange air   Pozole by […]

Odes to favorite colors

Students wrote odes to their favorite colors. Learn how they like about their favorite colors. Mrs. O’Claire third grade Ode to Red By Noel G. I like red red like an apple red like […]

Sound poems

Students played around with making their poems be musical by writing sound poems. Read what they created. Mr. Alzola third grade Noise I Have Heard By Nathalie train chu chu outside people school bell […]

Feeling Like an Animal

Students wrote poems describing which animals they felt like on specific days of the week. Read what that they wrote. Mr. Alzola third grade By Camila B. Lunes como sentirse un gato estar jugando […]

Jack and Jill

Students learned about poetic elements by analyzing “Jack and Jill.” They imagined what would happen after the nursery rhyme. Check out the poems they created. Mr. Alzola third grade Jack and Jill By Arianna […]

Internal Rhyme

This week, students continued experimenting with internal rhyme. Mr. Alzola third grade Rhyming By Oscar J. I went to Taco Bell and they sell well and after my food fell and I found a […]

Inspired by the Visual

Students viewed “Moving Day,” a painting by Norman Rockwell and wrote the following insightful poems. Mr. Alzola third grade Kids By Angelique The kids saw the kids who were moving out and they said […]

Food poem

Students thought of their favorite foods and created beautiful poems. Mr. Alzola third grade By Shebiyn My favorite food is pizza My favorite is watermelon My favorite food is strawberry My favorite food is […]

Collaborative Poetry

Students each contributed a line to write a poem together. Here’s what they created. Mrs. O’Claire third grade Closing Time Goodbye school year, See every body soon Have a good summer break I love […]

Community

In week eight of the residency, we wrote poems about the idea and experience of Community: what it means to us to be a part of a community, who is a part of our […]

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