Each Day is Different!

School
George B. Swift Specialty School

Poet in Residence
Leslie Reese

Date

This week, there was no uniformity to what we did in Swift 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms.  I had plans to teach haiku, the Japanese poetic form of 3 lines with a syllabic pattern of
line 1:  5 syllables
line 2:  7 syllables
line 3:  5 syllables

….and we did manage – despite flagging energy levels and a fire drill! The day also included practicing reading aloud and discussing poems from a few anthologies; and an impromptu tour of student artwork exhibited in the hallway!

 

School
George B. Swift Specialty School

Poet in Residence
Leslie Reese

Date

Ms. Liz 2nd Grade

Birds Aashree K.

when birds sing it feels
so good and so calm in the
top of the tree branch

Looking forward to Saturday Arush

we are gonna have
fun giving gifts and playing
at my friend’s birthday

Waterfalls Lina

sounds of the water
flowing down a mountain, fast
waterfalls calm me

 

Ms. Brist 2nd Grade

Dasha
“My name is Dasha. I am 8 years old….
My first symbol is an ice cream because I like ice cream a lot. My second is a playground because I like to play a lot. My third symbol is art because i like to paint draw and color a lot. All of these symbols are important to me because they are wonderful to do with my twin sister, Aisha. ”
Logan
“My name is Logan and I am 8 years old…
For my symbols I picked a pick axe because I like Minecraft. I picked a lightning bolt because I am going to be a superhero. I picked a pumpkin because my birthday is on Halloween and I love Spirit Halloween.”