I Wish For a Very Soft Cat: 2nd Grade Poems From Darwin Elementary

What a fun first week we had! I have the pleasure of working with the second graders at Darwin Elementary–specifically Ms. Garcia and Ms. Tasior’s fabulous students. For our first week we spent a little time getting to know each other, and talking about poetry. Then we read a poem on wishes, and learned our first poetry vocabulary word: line! To kick things off, the students wrote about their wishes–wild and possible alike. Enjoy!

2nd Grade

I Wish by Malena B.

I wish for soft puppy
I wish for a unicorn
I wish for a cat
I wish for my cousins to come
I wish for my grandma to come
I wish for my mom to be here
I wish for Christmas to come
I wish for a grandma
I wish for a fish
I wish for mom

I Wish by Giuliano C.

I wish I had a really soft cat
I wish I could be a cat
I wish I could have cosmos
I wish dinosaurs could exist
I wish I had a lot of cookies
I wish I had a Nintendo Switch
I wish I was a scientist
I wish I had an infinitual mountain of cookies
I wish I could see my grandpa

I Wish by Itzmin V.

I wish I could have slime
I wish I could play all day
I wish I could go to outerspace
I wish I had all the candy
I wish I could make snow
I wish I could have all the pets
I wish I could have money
I wish I could have all the cars
I wish I could go so fast

2nd Grade

I Wish by Anastacio R.

I wish to build
a bow and arrow
out of markers

I Wish by Alani P.

I wish I met Ariana Grande
because she is famous
and she exists. AND
she’s beautiful and a
famous singer and she
has a brother.
I wish Christmas was
today and every day.
I wish I did gymnastics.
I wish when I grow
up I am a famous
singer.

I Wish by Dereonna H.

I wish I had a dog
I wish I could sing
I wish I had a cat
I wish I can fly
I wish I can do gymnastics
I wish I can be supergirl
I wish I was a teacher
I wish I had a cat
I wish I could read books
I wish I had a car
I wish it was my birthday
I wish I had a box of crayons
I wish I can do hair
I wish I can do my homework
I wish I can nap all day

I Wish by Nermine A.

I wish to sing
I wish to do gymnastics
I wish to be supergirl
I wish to be a teacher
I wish I had 100 tickets
I wish today is my birthday
I wish to fly
I wish to have a job
I wish to be a mom
I wish to be a building
I wish I can be good
I wish to run
I wish to feel better
I wish to write

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