Lawnmower

April 19th, 2008

Lawnmower
A Personification Poem By Willa, Leslie, Malik, Jimmy
The lawnmower chomps up grass
and gulps it down.
“I want more!”
“I have no food in my empty tummy!”
“I want more food!”
It has a long nose like an anteater
which it sniffs up long grass with.
“Vrrrooom, sniff, vrrrrooom, sniff!”
It runs really fast
down the front and back lawn.
Vroom, vroom- racing [...]

Recess

April 19th, 2008

Recess
An Onomatopoeia Poem by Lena, Chris, Willa, Brianna, Payge
Click, Clack go the jump ropes when they hit the ground.
Pow, pow go the balls when they bounce.
Knock, knock go the hula hoops
when they bump into the other children.
“Aaaaahhhhh!!!”
go the children when they are playing tag.
Boom! Bang! “I got you!” say the children playing 4 square.
“Ha, ha [...]

P.E

April 19th, 2008

P.E
An Onomatopoeia Poem by Willa
BOOM! Went the basketball.
Vrroom! Vrroom! Went the children for driving lessons.
Pow, pow! Went the big volleyball around the room.
“Time to line up!” said Mr. Farrell.

African Heritage

March 22nd, 2008

By Will, Willa, Jimmy, Lena
We saw a show with people from Ghana, Africa. They were the Ishangi family dancers. We are writing more to tell you about their heritage. The schools are very small and kids have to work a lot. Kids come in early to clean up the school because [...]

The Polar Express

December 22nd, 2007

The Polar Express
Willa’s Version
One night on Christmas Eve I had a dream about a book I had read that evening. It was called “The Polar Express.” I loved it and I was wishing to be like the boy in the book. As I was thinking I heard a sound…
It was a sound [...]

When My Baby Brother Lucas Was Born

December 9th, 2007

A Memoir by Willa
When my brother Lucas was born I was so excited! My Daddy and I went to the store to get him some presents. We got a little bathtub toy whale and a froggy mirror.
Then we went to Phelps Hospital. Phelps is a hospital in Tarrytown. I was [...]