Thanks to Jama at Jama’s Alphabet Soup who’s hosting Poetry Friday.
I’ve been working with a kindergarten class on writing poetry. We started with a group poem based on “Step Outside, What Do I See?” by Alan Wolf and “My Dog” by Ken Slesarik.
Students observed rocks.
Our first draft:
I posted on Twitter and Carol V. asked a great revising question: “What do the students wonder?” So our next meeting we revised:
The final version:
Rocks by Room 207
When I look at a rock| I see shapes in it and holes in it Colors, rainbow colors, a train, sometimes symbols, and crystals
When I touch a rock I feel| hardness and smoothness straight and rough, sharp, smooth, soft Slippery, muddy and dirty
And I feel Nervous scared because it might move
I wonder this if you look away will it move? If you look at it will it stay still?
I wonder if they fall by themselves if it will play with me if when you sleep, it stays still if it will hurt or if it’s poisonous
I wonder if it’s hot like a lava rock
If you see a rock you go under your bed It finds you And jumps on your head.
Next week, I’ll share more individual poetry from this class.
Poetry Friday: Kindergarten Poetry Thanks to Jama at Jama’s Alphabet Soup who's hosting Poetry Friday. I've been working with a kindergarten class on writing poetry.
