In answer to your question….

School
George B. Swift Specialty School

Poet in Residence
Leslie Reese

Date

Last week, as a follow-up to our lesson around curiosity and questions, Swift 2nd and 3rd graders wrote poems that “answer” the questions of what is where?  inside? next to? over the moon is….? We looked at the compact poem, “What’s Under the Sky?” by Kathi Mitchell, and students followed that up with some brainstorming and writing.  These may be our last poems to write together before our final meeting for the school year (2025- 26).  In Ms. Brist’s class we experimented with creating stanzas at each table using the  Model of Instruction (MOI) method; and hopefully we will have time to revisit the results during our final meeting. Even though summer is near, many students are really sprouting creativity with their words, NOW, and I hope they continue over the summer and beyond without my prompting!

School
George B. Swift Specialty School

Poet in Residence
Leslie Reese

Date

Ms. Reed 3rd Grade

Inside Melita

Inside my heart is special memories
Next to the tree is a squirrel
Over the moon is a jumping cow
On top of the shelf is yarn that will never be made into something

Inside my heart Khloe

Inside my heart is all my loved ones
Next to the tree are skyscrapers
Over the moon is God

Inside my Xena W.

Inside my heart is people and things I love
Next to the tree is a branch
Over the moon there are stars
On top of the shelf are art supplies
Inside my closet there is colorful clothing
Inside my mind some dreams will come true

 

Over the moon Alfa

Over the moon are clouds
Over the moon is the sky
Over the moon is the sun
Over the moon is the universe

Mr. Ciccone 3rd Grade

Aliya Sun, Moon

What’s in the sky
is sun, yes
but why is the sun yellow?
to help you to see

Why is the moon coming?
because when the people
are tired
they sleep
it’ s cozy

Under the sky is my city Kenedy

Inside my city there are so many rocks
Next to a tree is a hibiscus tree
Wrapped inside a blanket is a bed
Folded up in a pocket are candies and flowers
Under the sky is my city

On my Pizza Aaliyah

What is inside that cage? Gabriela

Under a blanket is a cage with birds inside
Inside of the cage is food for the birds to eat
In the food is empty seeds the birds eat
In another cup is water for the birds
In the water are seeds they rejected

In the cage are toys they don’t play with
but what they do when they are home alone
is throw parties and spill their bird bath

abajo del cielo puede ver cludad Juan David (Ms. Martha: gracias por la ayuda)

cercas de un árbol ay rosas y plantas
cercas de una playa ay pajaros
en una playa hace mucho calor
abajo del cielo puede ver ciudad
abajo del cielo puede ver ciudad
en una montaña oy muchos rosas
abajo de la tierra ay mucha agua

Ms. Liz 2nd Grade

Under the sky Pradipti

Under the sky
is Mars. under Mars
is my heart. under my
heart is the Universe. under
the Universe is the void.
under the void is the
classroom. under the classroom
is Ms. Liz. under Ms. Liz
is the sky. under the sky
is me.

What is in my heart? Abhignaa

in my heart there is love
in love there is people
in people there is caring
in caring there is hearts ❤️❤️
in hearts there is Nice People

Ms. Brist 2nd Grade