Students in the Write

Como una actividad culminante de nuestra unidad de Poesía, los estudiantes en el salón de Lenguaje Dual de la Sra. Kluge, crearon un poema acróstico especial representando el significado del nombre de sus madres para el Día de las Madres.

As a culminating activity from our Poetry unit, the students in Mrs. Kluge’s Dual Language class created a special acrostic poem in Spanish representing the significance of their mother’s name for Mother’s Day.

Click here to listen to all of our poems!

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Several of Mrs. Praino’s second grade students were studying the poem “The Ride of Paul Revere” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with Mrs. Hickey. They decided to create a web-tribute to this historic poet in celebration of “Poetry Month.” The students illustrated some of the stanzas, and with Mrs. Hickey’s guidance, recorded their recitation. Then Mr. Calvert merged the illustrations with the recordings into the vodcast you see here. Click “Play” above to look and listen to this historic poem.

“Baking Corn, Dogs in the Yard, and Towering Apartments” by Group 6

Mrs. Bakala’s class has been learning about different communities in Social Studies. The distinct attributes of rural, suburban, and urban communities provide contrasting experiences for our senses and Mrs. Bakala’s students have used these differences to inspire poetry. In a collaborative effort, our students have merged their prose to illustrate these contrasts. Each recorded poem showcases several students.

Together they offer a feast for the senses; listen and enjoy them all by clicking here.

Mrs. Chulla’s class has been very busy learning about attributes in science. They read the book “The Important Book” by Margaret Wise Brown as part of a science lesson on attribute words. The students brainstormed important things about themselves, and then decided which was the most important. Later, each child wrote poems about their attributes following the pattern from “The Important Book.” Today, we are bringing those poems to you. So please, relax, listen, and enjoy!

To hear our first grade students explain their important attributes, click here.

In anticipation of the new season, our class wrote winter poems. Along with Mrs. Etman our ESL teacher, our class brainstormed a list of winter words prior to writing. This mind map served as a source for inspiration and as a reference for spelling. Students edited with teachers. Afterwards, they published their poems onto winter stationary. These are currently on display in the hallway!