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to confer and revise with students next week i will be hosting poetry friday at deowriter share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in poetry friday school student work tagged deowriter janet wong pet crazy skinny poem sylvia vardell 7 comments december 13 2019 by macrush53 poetry friday fourth grade short poems do you have paraskevidekatriaphobia i hope not all poetry goodness is hosted by liz at elizabeth steinglass this week i was the guest teacher for fourth grade i again shared the book santa clauses short poems from the north pole by bob raczka here are the fourth grade poems share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in uncategorized 4 comments december 6 2019 by macrush53 poetry friday december short poems welcome thank you tanita at fiction instead of lies for hosting the poetry friday community today yesterday was spent in third grade this teacher teams with her neighbor so i was able to teach two poetry lessons i used santa clauses short poems from the north pole by bob raczka as the mentor text while the first page of the book describes santa s love of haiku i focused on the idea that these are short poems and shared the december word list that was created for our december haiku challenge each class created a group poem here are the geese they ate the cookies from the bakery am class drinking hot chocolate that reindeer made the kids filled in this last line in the forest sparkly snowflakes dropped on my skin day before christmas santa fell down the chimney into the kettle pm class by using padlet i can confer with students and upload their poem with immediacy next week i hope to have fourth grade short poems share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in uncategorized 7 comments november 22 2019 by macrush53 poetry friday in november by kindergarten i m giving thanks to rebecca at sloth reads for hosting our poetry friday this week yesterday i subbed in mrs henderson s k class i read the book in november by cynthia rylant to get these eighteen students thinking about the sights sounds smells and tastes of november i decided to prime the pump by having the students draw what they saw heard smelled or tasted before gathering to create the group poem this also allowed to break up the sitting time and followed by recess they were ready to come together and share their ideas in november by mrs henderson s class in november i see no leaves trees i smell turkey i taste pumpkin pie i give thanks for my family in november i see bees i hear crows ka kawing ka kawing i smell beef i taste turkey i give thanks for the whole world in november i see the leaves not moving on the trees i hear an owl hoo hoo hoo hoo i smell mashed potatoes i taste beef jerky i give thanks for food in november i see my family i hear the wind i smell gravy i taste green beans i give thanks for potatoes not mashed share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in uncategorized 4 comments october 31 2019 by macrush53 poetry friday second grade monsters thanks to tabatha at the opposite of indifference for hosting poetry friday it s november 1 all monsters have gone to sleep or have they on monday i had the opportunity to sub in a second grade class originally i was going to do an i come from poetry lesson and then i remember what week it was michelle h barnes ditty challenge and decided we would all be better served thinking of monsters i started by sharing amanda noll s how i met my monster it was really fun because i had read the first one to them as kinders they were my last kinder class i shared some of the poems from michelle s padlet along with my book monster poem we then created a list on monsters and fears they went to their desks and started writing and illustrated throughout the day we loaded them on padlet although i added the illustrations later as the computer didn t have a built in camera apologies that some illustrations don t come through https padlet com macrush53 h42suzb1k2t5 share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in uncategorized august 22 2019 by macrush53 poetry friday honoring dearonelbh and a guest blogger janet clare fagal thank you thank you thank you to amy at t he poem farm for hosting this wonderful celebration about our dear one lee bennett hopkins today at this blog i am turning it over to janet clare fagal for her poem tribute to lee bennett hopkins disclaimer i am out of town ms ipad is not cooperating thus this is a bit of formatting wonkiness i had to screen shot janet s beautiful tribute poem and reflection so that you might be able to read it apologies thank you to jone for allowing me to post my poem for lee on her blog today i am eternally grateful for lee s invitation that led to my poem a mermaid s tale being included in his latest anthology i am someone else poems about pretending it was a joy working with him he was an exacting editor but he encouraged and taught and enjoyed helping beginners like me i treasure his friendship and his belief in me as do so many others such a pied piper of poetry how we will all miss him invitations poems and lee a poem of thanksgiving by janet clare fagal good poems good rhymes good edits good lines good writing good drafts good words good laughs good poets good starts good people good hearts good writers good rhymes good poems great times all rights reserved janet reading to her granddaughter with quite the facial expression on janet that lee liked thank you janet for sharing you poem and connection with lee with our poetry friday community share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in uncategorized 21 comments may 31 2019 by macrush53 poetry friday long lost treasures mary lee hahn at a year of reading has all the poetry goodness of the world this week many in the poetry friday literasphere are celebrating our new young people s poet laureate naomi shihab nye today you can read about naomi shihab nye at deowriter i ve been organizing my writing room and that means finding some long lost treasures from former students well you can see how long ago this poem is look at that printing lauren was either in 5th or 6th grade ocean people fly kites across the sand kids play shells wash up on the beach the blue and green water makes crashing waves sometimes things get eaten and are never found fish jump with the whales under the summer sun lauren m 5th or 6th grade land of the elephants upon my bed i dream of 8 000 pound elephants looking at me motioning me to follow them we walk for hours i rest curled up beside them all under the starry night wakening from deep sleep i find myself on an elephant s back we get to the edge of africa everyone is as still as night the elephants blow their outstanding trunks i listen to its sweetness magically a cloud falls from the heavenly sky my elephant puts me on this fluffy cloud the cloud whips me through the air with ease i find myself at a golden gate with elephants this land full of animals they changed my clothes into a white gown i lay on a bed of clouds looking dow to my city then i found myself on my bed surrounded by elephants tanisha m 5th grade back during this time when testing wasn t a priority and there weren t blogs for posting student work i coordinated a monthly first friday for students to read a page from their stories or poems we had such great fun i am lucky to have had these two wonderful girls who have grown into fabulous adults with careers and families winner winner dani at doing the work that matters won a copy of a suitcase of seaweed and more email me at macrush53 at yahoo dot com so i can get your address share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in books school student work tagged books janet wong poetry friday student work students 1 comment may 24 2019 by macrush53 poetry friday an interview with janet wong today dani at doing the work that matters is bringing us all things poetry at the round up and here at check it out i am thrilled to be interviewing janet wong about a suitcase of seaweed and more i have had such great success using this book as a mentor text during my recent time in classrooms food and family are such inspiring topics kids can relate to food and have strong emotions around food it was such a delight to see them write their poems jrm how did it come to be that you were able to re issue an updated edition of a suitcase of seaweed and more jw a suitcase of seaweed was published originally by mcelderry books part of simon schuster in 1996 when it went out of print in 2006 the rights reverted to me right away i made a simple paperback reprint of the original book through booksurge createspace but last year i decided that i really wanted to tell the stories behind the poems and expand the scope of the book to make it more useful in a classroom sylvia vardell and i create books through pomelo books pomelobooks com but our poetry friday books are somewhat different in flavor from this book so i published this book through my yuzu imprint jrm i love the backstory from the poem a suitcase of seaweed i can just picture the anticipation of presents from grandmother and then the disappointed to find food instead what prompted you to write the backstory of many of these poems jw i speak to children at many school visits each year and i find that putting a poem in a sandwich of backstory and questions is a fun and effective technique it s not something i d ever done in writing before this book but i think it worked really well to give the established text a whole new twist jrm were there notes to look back on in order to write the new material the back story jw i think i might have notes and multiple drafts somewhere in a box in my garage but i relied on memory for the backstories here jrm i m really questioning how it is that i have never tried kimchi i love cabbage chili peppers and garlic what do you eat kimchi with or is it eaten alone jw if you are a traditional korean person you eat kimchi with everything and alone too kimchi and several other little dishes of mung bean sprouts boiled spinach soy soaked chili peppers little fish shredded squid black beans potato salad etc banchan or panchan will appear at every dinner and often at lunch and breakfast along with rice jrm were you at all tempted to revise the poems besides adding the new text boxes were there poems that didn t make the book jw yes i was tempted to revise but decided that it was best to leave the poems alone all of the poems made the book jrm in the poem sisters you explain that the poem is really about your mother did you ever let your mom know about the poem jw no i never told my mom that she was my sister in one of my books she used to love it though when people would mistake us for sisters especially after i turned fifty and my hair started turning gray one stranger even told her that i looked like her older sister she really loved hearing that jrm what do you hope readers will take away from a suitcase of seaweed and more jw i hope that readers will feel inspired to write about their own family memories and snippets of memories poems are perfect for capturing little memories an image a taste a funny saying jrm your advice for writers is spot on especially the starting small and making the time to write i have been thinking a lot about organizing poems do you categorize your poems as you write so they re easy to locate what tips might you have jw i wish i were organized enough to categorize my poems as i write but one thing that i feel and i think it s a healthy thing is that it s ok to write something and do nothing with it it s ok if it gets lost it s ok if no one ever sees it but if a person wants to share and have other people read and talk about her work then she shouldn t just wait for a traditional publisher to say yes go ahead and use kdp kindle direct publishing or another company ingram spark lulu blurb etc to get it out in the world work like crazy on a book get it done and spread the word jrm yes i agree i ve used kpd and blurb for a couple of photo and poetry books what is one food that all readers who read a suitcase of seaweed and more should run out and try jw seaweed of course it s funny that my grandmother needed to bring seaweed in her suitcase so that my mother could have it and yet now you can buy it even at walmart and costco jrm how does one choose a good restaurant for asian food jw word of mouth and yelp readers if you need a recommendation for an asian restaurant just email me with your city name i m pretty fanatic about food especially chinese korean and japanese food very good at sifting through yelp reviews and i also have tried a lot of restaurants particularly in seattle los angeles new york central jersey and philadelphia and if you have a recommendation for an asian restaurant that you love let me know janet janetwong com students wanted to know what is your favorite food jw japanese sushi sweet shrimp albacore ramen fresh extra firm noodles and broth cooked at least 24 hours chinese dim sum ha gow shrimp dumplings wonton noodle soup shrimp and pork wontons with hong kong style thin but chewy egg noodles soup dumplings ma la spicy tingling beef tendon korean soon dae blood sausage mexican cochinita pibil tacos very soft stewed pork tacos with small corn tortillas empanadas with potato italian gnocchi potato dumplings swedish potato pancakes danish potato chips i had the best potato chips ever in iceland a danish brand called kim i think the better question is what foods don t i like answer i m trying to stay away from processed foods that contain ingredients i can t pronounce i love this book so much that i have an extra copy to give away this week please l...