The Renown of Brown

For the midpoint selection in our residency, we read Malathi Michelle Iyengar’s “Nutmeg.” Her poem is deceptively straightforward, focusing on the title spice’s color as well as smell, but it also subtly suggests multigenerational familial bonds through its central image of a grandmother setting out “fresh-baked treats” for a clamorous group of children (cousins). We also thought about Iyengar’s decision-making when breaking her poem into four stanzas as well as why some of its lines slanted across the page.

Emphasizing color(s) was the inspiration for this week’s student writing.

Ms. Nelson 4th Grade AM

Color Things Declan F

Blue is the color of a river…..
the thing that gives life to all.

The color of the sky…
when it holds the stars at night.
Beautiful black.

Green gives color to…
the plants and leaves.

White a thing to draw on.

Yellow the color of…
the sun you see.

Untitled Arthur F

blue
blueb
bluebl
blueblu
blueblue

red
redr
redre
redred

orange
orangeo
orangeor
orangeora
orangeoran
orangeorang
orangeorange

yellow
yellowy
yellowye
yellowyel
yellowyell
yellowyello
yellowyellow

gray
grayg
graygr
graygra
graygray

white
whitew
whitewh
whitewhi
whitewhit
whitewhite

b
l
u
e

green
greeng
greengr
greengre
greengree
greengreen

Colors Lucia H

Colors like the rainbow
surprise me
every day every night.

Some neon some not.
Colors everywhere I go.

Dark colors bring sadness
while bright colors bring the
happiness.

Brown Cameron H

Brown is a good color for a lot of
stuff so like Uggs or boots,
turtle shell, box, tree, Freddy Fazbear,
that’s a
lot of things you can know about brown
! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Deep Down in Brown Anorah K

Deep down in brown
you see love
Deep down in brown
you see a heart
and it can be any
color you like
Deep down in brown
you live laugh
love Deep down
in brown you
can be whoever
you want to
be Deep down
in brown the end

The Mix of Red and Blue Matisse P

My favorite colors are red and blue
why you ask umm I don’t know
it feels like a strong color
blue feels deep to me

blue is like pool and I love water
red is like fire it blazes with
passion

red also like a heart
blue like sapphire and red ruby

hhhmmm (me trying to prove something)

they make purple ahh I love
color

Mr. Marten 4th Grade AM

Untitled Arya B

red orange yellow

green blue indigo violet

the ROY G BIV

but what about

rose-gold my

favorite color it
looks pink and
sparkly sooo

nice.

Colors Around Me Jenna C

Everything around me
has color that I can see
blue
pink
purple
green

But only one is my favorite
I have a
new one each week
but this week

is
purple

colors can be
made from
anything
but I have one
I really dislike
green

Colors in the Sky Rafael F

On a spring day.
It just ended raining.
I look hard and I see the colors in the sky.

I jump in a puddle.
Tomorrow it’s done.
But we need to enjoy the colors in the sky.

It is a combination of colors.
Red to blue to violet.
Everybody comes out to see the colors in the sky.

Pink Jaliyah L

My story is about pink
I love pink
my room is pink
sometimes I love blue and purple
whenever I go downstairs to
make breakfast
I make it with pink dye
I love to eat pink things
my stuffed animals are pink
my desk is pink

Untitled Dylan P

My favorite color is Green
Green is an awesome color
Some bad stuff is Green
VEGETABLES
And some good stuff is Green
THE COLOR
SPORTS FIELDS
My favorite animal likes to eat Green
food
That is why Green is my favorite
color

PINK Katelyn T

PINK.

pretty, lovely, cute

Pink.

light, nice, warm

Pink.

PINK.

the prettiest color.

EVERYTHING is nice with

pink.

flowers, dresses, bikes.

PINK.

the best of the best. PINK.

Mr. Waterman 4th Grade

The Blues Sydney G

blue
butterfly, blue
beautifully, butterfly blue

flying over fields of flowers
with the musky scent of summer
under the shining sky

blue sadness
blue butterflies
blue sky

as we all stare upwards
at the great blue world
all around there are flowers
fields of flowers
all different shades of blue

we write songs about the blues
we can feel blue

blue Noah J

blue…..
let’s see…

There’s blues in music,
in slushies too.

There’s blue in humans
why us?

Because we don’t want
people to battle us

And…
my sweater too!

I think
that’s it.

Untitled Caden L

Fruits.
Sweet, red, strawberry.
Sour, yellow, lemon.
Ripe, juicy, mango.

All these colors.
All these flavors.
Everything is different.

Things.
Blue, crisp, sky.
Yellow, pink, sunset.
Green, soft, grass.
Green, hard, yellow, mushy.

Everything is everywhere.
Everything is different.

GREEN Luca T

I love green
so cool
so green
it’s like a pickle
green
greens or apple

GREEN AHHHH

green beans

it’s a lime

green green green
green’s green

64332

EH…not enough green

lettuce

Types of Blue Angela Z

I love blue
pastel blue
sky blue
purplish blue
reddish blue
the song blue
I love all of the blues.
The nature has many
blues of many
different hues.
All of them are so
beautiful to me
or maybe you.

Untitled Annie Z

It’s pink
It’s bright pink
It’s round, bright pink
It’s bouncy, round, bright pink
It’s rubber, bouncy, round and bright pink
It’s squishy, rubber, bouncy, round, and bright pink
It’s a squishy, rubber, bouncy, round, and bright pink bouncy ball.

Ms. Nelson 4th Grade PM

Untitled Avi B

The pizza looks at me funny
like with

gone Olive D

waves of color
splash on me
I find a box
color box

one pencil!
wait…..
it’s rainbow

ohh it makes my drawings
come to life
suddenly

there’s a rainbow

oh oh no!

the colors
it’s all gray!

except the pencil
it’s sucked out
all the color!

Colorful Apple Nibir K

A dark star is its core,
coming after many bites.
Before it, rages a snow storm,
covering it with white.

Around it is the starry sky,
red before it’s night.
Once you start your journey
through raging bites.

At the end you may throw it,
or use it to compose.
At the end of the day,
it’s just a colorful apple.

Blue Atlas R

Blue, Blue, Blue. The sky is too.
When I see the ocean all I
see is Blue!

The Seven Colors Kanti T

The sun blares yellow.
It was time to go outside.
As I get ready to walk, I
see the green grass.
I brush my teeth, imagining
the sky.
The blue canvas fills my head.
I decide to step outside,
and there, the seven colors
appeared.

Untitled Atlas Z

Black and white, two of the
best colors.

Greens to grassy
yellows to lemony
pink isn’t for me.

White is the color of paper
black is the color of space
and night.

Mr. Martens 4th Grade PM

Untitled Sofia A

My favorite color’s blue I like that there are many
different shades too I like blue it’s because it’s the color
of the sky I like blue because it’s the color of the
ocean that’s why I love blue

Rainbows Parker C

Rainbows so many colors,
some dark some light,
I think of Lucky Charms when I
see a rainbow.
My favorite color is pink.
It is a cute and a calm color.
Red is the start of the rainbow
it is bold and fierce.
Rainbows so mesmerizing, Rainbows,
Rainbows, Rainbows.

Color! Lena D

Color Color Color!
Color is everywhere!
You see it here!
You see it there!
Colors Colors everywhere!

Lavender Vedika P

Lavender, the bloom color
it can be called light purple too.

The color makes me happy
it makes me smile.

I don’t know why but I
love lavender. Lavender the
flower is way different but
I still like lavender.

Light purple or lavender is
my favorite color!!

Colors Haylee T

Hey, my name is Haylee and my favorite
colors are pink and teal. They are my
favorite colors because they are so
pretty. My old favorite colors were aqua
and butter yellow. I don’t like those
colors anymore because when I put them
together they were ugly. So that’s when
I started to like teal and pink. I put
them together and they were cute.

Untitled Emilio V

Color blue water, ice
sea or ocean always here.

Blue like water blue like the sea
everywhere, where your eyes can
see.

In a lake, in an ocean
in a sea blue’s universally colored

like the sea.