He is tiptoeing, he is sneaking... Carnival of the Animals!

He is tiptoeing, he is sneaking… Carnival of the Animals!

This week I had to distinct pleasure of writing poems to music with the Darwin Elementary 2nd and 3rd Graders. As part of the Poetry Center’s Collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, our students are listening to movements from Carnival of the Animals and creating poems for the animals in the music. In these classes we worked on songs for Donkeys, Kangaroos, and… Pianists! Enjoy!

Ms. Robbins 2nd and 3rd Grade

Untitled by Kangaroo Farida

He is tiptoeing
he is sneaking
somewhere

Kangaroo by Lashawn W.

This kangaroo is playing a piano
and it is wearing a blue suit.
It’s an old fashioned piano,
black and white and it is
a rectangular prism.

Donkey by Jayden V.

If a donkey could
swim it would
say I want to
swim I’m going
to stay in the pool
all day. You can’t
stay in the pool
all day.

2nd Grade

Aquarium by Kimberly H.

Dancing fish
underwater
fish playing
underwanter
and wiggling
underwater

Aquarium by Jazlee S.

The fish are in
the school following
the teacher
The fish are dancing
fish
The fish were playing
in the water
The fish were sleepy
in the water

Aquarium by Genevieve D.

In the water
they are dancing
the music stops
and the fish stop dancing
they put on the music
and it stops again
and all the fish fly
to the music

Ms. Vargas-Mendez 3rd Grade

Kangaroo by Erickson R.

The kangaroo is jumping
slow and it was jumping
faster in my imagination.
He jumps high in the sky,
He jumps slow motion
in the jungle.

Kangaroo by Maria S.

The kangaroo
was having
a contest
and he
was playing
the piano
he was
wearing a
suit and
the kangaroo
won the
contest and
he was
jumping
all around
the people
were like
what is
he doing

Piano Players by Ana E.

I imagine that I
am playing the piano
in an opera
I play the piano fast
and I play the piano slow
and all the animals
are playing instruments