Today we're finishing up our poetry project in two fourth grade classes. I'm visiting one last time to hand out booklets featuring a haiku poem, and in most cases an illustration, by each student poet. (Haiga!) Many added titles.
I hope this collection will be enjoyed long after these students have outgrown their fourth-grade shoes.
Perhaps reading these later will spark a memory of what it felt like to be ten years old. I posted a batch of these week before last (click here), and below are the rest. [These are the original works of students and not to be copied - thank you!] I enjoyed "anthologizing" them for the books. Thanks again to teachers Mrs. Briggs and Mrs. Roberts, and to each young poet!
Wind Blows
wind blows
purple flowers play
in the wind
(by Mary Keys)
Chirping Wind
birds chirping
in the sound
of the wind
(by KJ)
Birds
birds chirping around
flight paths between trees for birds
diving and swooping
(by Rocco)
Birds' Song
high chirp low chirp
the birds sing a song
it makes me want to sing along
(by Hannah)
chirp chirp
really really cool breeze
bugs land on me
(by Bryce)
ladybugs flying
flowers blowing in the wind
caterpillars crawling
(by Jettie)
Beautiful Butterflies
butterflies flying
ladybugs climbing flowers
spotted ladybug
(by Claire)
I see the drops on grass
the tall grass sways in the wind
I hear the bird's song
(by Natalie)
Tree
skinny tree
tallest tree I have ever seen
pretty tree
(by Sophia)
Flowers
flowers blooming
sunlight shines down on them
nature so wonderful
(by Sadie)
the bugs fly
in the big blue sky
the trees sway
(by Brauch)
Pesky Squirrels
I hear them again
jumping, running, rattling
they munch on acorns
(by Sophie)
tall grass
tall trees swaying
leaves falling
(by Clayton)
Thorns
painful thorns
always hurt
never touch them
(by Cem)
Ants
ants are scary
I say ouch when they bite me
ants are mean
(by Paxton)
lady bugs all around
the caterpillars are crawling up
the stump the river is rushing
(by Sadie)
river running by
bugs flying around
soft crunchy grass
(by Katharine)
brown and green grass
old leaves fall
creeeks flow loudly
(by Kuepper)
Creek
the creek
is rustling over the rocks
it is very cool
(by Matthew)
Water
split splat
shhh, shhh, shhh
whoosh, tickle
(by Banks)
River of Stream
river flowing
rocks smoothly flowing down
stream gone
(by Harrison)
swampy water
looks like mud
puddles that you see
(by Linda)
old river
the turtle eats the
grass as it swallows
(by Hunter)
Lizards
lizards are reptiles
camouflaging their bodies
jumping between trees
(by Dakari)
crickets singing
fireflies flying I'm
camping
(by Larsen)
the moon is very nice
the moon is white and peaceful
I really like the moon
(by Reese)
Make sure to catch the Poetry Friday Roundup at The Drift Record!
I hope this collection will be enjoyed long after these students have outgrown their fourth-grade shoes.
Perhaps reading these later will spark a memory of what it felt like to be ten years old. I posted a batch of these week before last (click here), and below are the rest. [These are the original works of students and not to be copied - thank you!] I enjoyed "anthologizing" them for the books. Thanks again to teachers Mrs. Briggs and Mrs. Roberts, and to each young poet!
Wind Blows
wind blows
purple flowers play
in the wind
(by Mary Keys)
Chirping Wind
birds chirping
in the sound
of the wind
(by KJ)
Birds
birds chirping around
flight paths between trees for birds
diving and swooping
(by Rocco)
Birds' Song
high chirp low chirp
the birds sing a song
it makes me want to sing along
(by Hannah)
chirp chirp
really really cool breeze
bugs land on me
(by Bryce)
ladybugs flying
flowers blowing in the wind
caterpillars crawling
(by Jettie)
Beautiful Butterflies
butterflies flying
ladybugs climbing flowers
spotted ladybug
(by Claire)
I see the drops on grass
the tall grass sways in the wind
I hear the bird's song
(by Natalie)
Tree
skinny tree
tallest tree I have ever seen
pretty tree
(by Sophia)
Flowers
flowers blooming
sunlight shines down on them
nature so wonderful
(by Sadie)
the bugs fly
in the big blue sky
the trees sway
(by Brauch)
Pesky Squirrels
I hear them again
jumping, running, rattling
they munch on acorns
(by Sophie)
tall grass
tall trees swaying
leaves falling
(by Clayton)
Thorns
painful thorns
always hurt
never touch them
(by Cem)
Ants
ants are scary
I say ouch when they bite me
ants are mean
(by Paxton)
lady bugs all around
the caterpillars are crawling up
the stump the river is rushing
(by Sadie)
river running by
bugs flying around
soft crunchy grass
(by Katharine)
brown and green grass
old leaves fall
creeeks flow loudly
(by Kuepper)
Creek
the creek
is rustling over the rocks
it is very cool
(by Matthew)
Water
split splat
shhh, shhh, shhh
whoosh, tickle
(by Banks)
River of Stream
river flowing
rocks smoothly flowing down
stream gone
(by Harrison)
swampy water
looks like mud
puddles that you see
(by Linda)
old river
the turtle eats the
grass as it swallows
(by Hunter)
Lizards
lizards are reptiles
camouflaging their bodies
jumping between trees
(by Dakari)
crickets singing
fireflies flying I'm
camping
(by Larsen)
the moon is very nice
the moon is white and peaceful
I really like the moon
(by Reese)
Make sure to catch the Poetry Friday Roundup at The Drift Record!