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Maybe We’re Metaphors

Hello again, dear reader! Last week, Grissom’s 6-8th grade students turned into cosmic metaphor explorers. This lesson was inspired by Joy Young and began with a quick question: what’s something you wish you could […]

Spreading The Love

Grissom’s 6th and 7th grade students are no strangers to expressing their love, as I was lucky enough to learn last week. Students spent some time watching Rudy Fransisco’s “If I Was A Love […]

Poems as Eyeglasses

Hello again! Last week, Grissom’s poets got real about what poetry means to them. After watching a video of Jamila Wood’s “Blk Girl Art,” we discussed feelings we associate with reading poetry. Students were […]

Songs of Ourselves

My first week with Grissom’s middle school students could not have been more welcoming. Student poets did not hesitate introducing themselves and sharing what they already know about poetry. Together, we read “This Body […]

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 […]

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 their […]

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 house, […]

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 […]

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