So today marks a first for me on Chalk-A-Bration. My kids and I decided to chalk at night on this long weekend away from school.
Here is Elliot doing a little star gazing.
Here is Elliot's poem about a bat.
Bats bats
how they fly.
All around in the sky
I see a mosquito
then I don't.
The bat it flutters
in the night.
I like to watch
them eat the bugs
on this really great night.
Janie hard at work.
Here is her poem about a butterfly.
Butterflies butterflies
first a caterpillar.
Butterflies butterflies
they dream of nothing.
Butterflies butterflies
they munch munch
and crunch crunch.
Butterflies butterflies
sleep in your chrysalis.
Butterflies butterflies
wakes up in the morning.
I'm a butterfly.
I fly high high high high high
into
the sky.
Night chalking was fun. It was a little twist on something we do so often at my house, making it a bit more exciting! When I told my kids we were going to do night chalking I should have had my camera ready. Their faces lit up confirming for me this was a good idea.
night stillness
night beams
night noises
night dreams
2 comments:
Beautiful night poems. Your children are wonderful poets. Love the repetition in Butterfly and the disappearing mosquito.
My students and I wrote Thanku chalk poems before our Thanksgiving break. And, by the way, I did get pancakes this morning. Yum!
http://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2013/11/30/thanku-chalk-a-bration-celebration/
Love this 'break' with tradition, Betsy. I don't think I'm going to make it this time, perhaps later in the day. I love your poem, just right!
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