Some Recent Poems from This Week's Language Arts Workshops at Russell and Mather Elementary

Russell Elementary's poems about color:

Green:

green is the grass as wet as the dew in the morning
green is the world
green gives us air
thank you green!

Pink:

My life is the color of a rose
Rose shows up in my life
and makes me feel nice

Black:

Black is like zombies!

Mather Elementary girl's team haikus:

A tribute to: Michael Jackson

MJ's songs are cool.
MJ is a great singer.
MJ has good taste

A tribute to: Barack Obama

Barack Obama
He is an awesome leader
Because he works hard