Week 1 - Moos Elementary - The Chicago Poetry Center

Week 1 – Moos Elementary

I’m in three classrooms at Moos Elementary – Ms. Ramirez’s 4th graders, Ms. Morales’s 6th graders, and Ms. Moss’s 4th graders. Each class has it’s own personality and even through I’m teaching the same lessons at all three, the results are wildly different.

Because of the introductory first class, I was only able to capture a few poems for the blog, by Bryce and Dominic in Ms. Moss’s class. It was for the lesson to write a poem where you teach someone something you’ve learned (based on “Do You Have Any Advice For Those of Us Just Starting Out?” by Ron Koertge). I told them they could make up what they’ve learned, like if they want to teach someone magic.

Ms. Moss 4th Grade

Magic Lesson Bryce

I was going to do magic
I ask mom for a pencil and paper
So I can write down what I had to do
So I traced another thing
magic didn’t work
poetry
next thing I know I saw
a notebook and pencil
Fly pass my window
it was magic
a poem
right by me

Learning List Dominic C.

I learned how to tie my shoe
I learned how to play baseball
I learned how to ride a bike
I learned how to drive a car (ed. note: 4th grader!)
I learned how to rollerskate
I learned how to call 911
I learned how to jump in a volcano
I learned how to drive a boat
I learned how to eat tissue paper
I learned that you don’t eat dogs
I learned how to look at the sun