Today my mini-lesson was “Poets are like scientists…they observe the world around them. I shared my Old Oak Tree poem from my nature walk on Saturday with the first graders that I am doing a poetry unit with. It was raining outside so we couldn’t go on a nature walk…so we went on a “classroom” [...]
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Day #4…Poetry Challenge
Posted in poetry, writers notebook, writing, tagged mini-lesson, observing, poetry, poetry challenge, poetry month, scientists, writing on April 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Day #3…Poetry Challenge
Posted in poetry, writers notebook, writing, tagged haiku, poetry, poetry challenge, writing on April 14, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I noticed that several of the other poets in this week long challenge have written Haiku’s…I have never really enjoyed them…mostly because I have a hard time writing them…so here is my first!
Imagination
by Marie
imagination
such an immense, wondrous thing
takes you anywhere
Day #2… Poetry Challenge
Posted in poetry, writers notebook, writing, tagged grandma, poetry, poetry challenge, poetry month, writing on April 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Blue China Egg by Marie
It was a sad day in September
Everyone at Grandma’s house
after a long tearful funeral—
Voices humming in the other room
swapping stories
And me,
Rummaging through Grandma’s bedroom
trying to find that perfect
thing that would keep her alive
Finally…
I found it.
The blue china egg
I plopped onto her bed
and looked inside
It [...]
Day #1…Poetry Challenge
Posted in poetry, writers notebook, writing, tagged nature walk, poetry, poetry challenge, poetry month, sketching, writers notebook, writing on April 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This morning my two boys and I went on a nature walk on the path in the woods by our house. We took our writer’s notebooks…yes my boys also have writer’s notebooks…and we were sketching and writing as we walked. I sat for about 20 minutes sketching a wonderfully beautiful…majestically tall tree. I believe it [...]
