Preposition Poetry

Babies
Screaming, Crying, Jumping
During dinnertime
Throughout nap time
After a snack
Finally, peace and quiet!


Raccoons
Stealing, Running, Squeaking
Through the woods
Under a bench
Inside a trash can
Bang!

-Abbie C.





Moles
Sliding, Running, Crawling
Through the ground
Below the grass
In the soil
Worms!

-Josh S.





Birdies
Flying, Turning, Singing
In the air
Around the house
To the ground
Worms!


Chipmunk
Walking, Jogging, Running
Across the road
To the tree
Up the tree
Nuts!

-Lindsay G.





Dancers
Whirling, Twirling, Gliding
Across the ballroom floor
Through the glamorous crowd
Into the starry night
Shall we?


Students
Studying, Preparing, Concentrating
In the car
At home
Past midnight
A+!
-Miss D.

List Writing

Assignment: Students had about 1 minute each to write a list of red things, a list of noisy things, and a list of small things. When they finished, I had them circle one item from each list. I then gave them ten minutes two write a story including the three items they chose. This is what they wrote. Can you pick out the three items from each of their lists?

Bang! went the drum. "Ahhh! My finger! My finger!" Blood was everywhere on the drum. A girl had walked by and set her hand on the drum. Her finger was crushed and possibly broken. She was in the band room looking for her lost earring which was on the drum. The conductor came in and scolded her for being in the band room. After he was done yelling at her he sent her with a friend to go to the nurse. Once she got the news that it wasn't broken she was happy, but all this for a broken Wal-Mart earring.

-Lindsay


Once there was a dog, he loved cherries. This dog could eat them all day long if he wanted to. One day his owner's baby was eating cherries. How could he miss that good red fruit. The fact is, he couldn't so he jumped up on the table and ate them all. All of a sudden the baby started crying. At that moment he noticed he had bitten the baby's finger. His owner came in and scolded him and punished him. This punishment was no cherries for a month. After a month he ate all the cherries he could fit in his mouth. When cherry number 100 came of course he felt sick. That night all he dreamed about was cherries, sweet cherries. For breakfast, lunch, and dinner the next day he ate cherries galore.
The End

-Abbie




One day in the Salisbury's back yard they saw a huge bug in their red leaves. The bug was red with dark blue legs. They looked it up on the Internet. It was the most poisonous bug in the world, and it was worth 2 million dollars. So their youngest son went out to catch it. There were cars everywhere there so if it went on the street it would get killed. While he was trying to catch it, a dog saw the bug and chased it onto the road. The bug got squashed and so did the dog. Their neighbor got very mad because their dog got killed.

-Josh

"Rrrroooaaarr! I'm hungry, Mom!" exclaimed the snow leopard's littlest cub. "When are we going to get some meat?"
"I'm going right now. Just hang on!" said the mother as she walked out of the cave.
She went up the side of the mountain, certain that she wouldn't be seen because of the way her beautiful woolen coat blended in with the snow. As she came near to the next cave, she carefully looked inside. It was then that she came face to face with...


an Eskimo. Scared, she roared at the Eskimo, but he did nothing. The man tried to calm her down, and she ran off. When the mother snow leopard got home, the cub was fast asleep. The next day, when the mother went hunting, she got a mink. As the cub ate he asked his mom, "What is hunting like?"
"Hard, very hard," she said. "Scary sometimes. Now go take a nap." After many hours of napping, the mother snow leopard took her cub for a walk. They had a good conversation about hunting. On their way back a mink walked in front of them. The mother told her cub, "Go get the mink."
So he charged and got the mink. When they got home there was that Eskimo. Remembering what had happened in the past, he walked away after taking some photos. The mother said to her cub, "Follow him."
"Why, mom? It's dangerous," replied the cub.
"You're right, go inside," commanded the mother snow leopard. When they got in the cave, Eskimos surrounded them. The Eskimos captured them and held them hostage. There they lived a good life together.
The End

- Abbie



a pack of bears. The momma snow leopard knew she couldn't take them all so she ran, not noticing where she was going. The snow leopard heard something.
"Who's there?" she yelled. No answer. She began to get worried. She started to back up slowly and felt that she stepped on something. The momma snow leopard heard a Rrrrroooooaarrrr. She turned around quickly and was relieved to find out she ran straight into her own cave. She quickly found out the noises were her baby cub, and she had stepped on his foot.
"I love you," cried the momma snow leopard. All the baby cub said was, "I love you, too."

- Lindsay



a huge polar bear. The polar bear was very hungry. The mother jumped away, and the polar bear got really mad and started to growl! The mother was terrified because the polar bear attacked her. They rolled down the mountain onto the ice. The cub yelled, "Mom, are you ok?!" She didn't answer.
The cub ran onto the ice and bit the polar bear. The polar bear threw the cub onto ice, and the cub slid into the snow. The mom ran and got the cub and put him into a cave so it could be safe. The mom attacked the polar bear and was biting the polar bear's neck. The polar bear fell down and died.
"Mom!" cried the cub. "Are you ok?" said the cub.
"Yes, I'm ok. My back hurts though. Here is some meat for you."
"Where?" asked the cub. "Oh, found it. I love you, mommy," said the cub.
"I love you, too, honey," said mother.

- Josh

Toothbrush Love Letters

Dear Mr. Tooth Brush,
I am madly in love with you. The first time I saw your silky bristles I fell in love with you. Your Crest sign is very shiny; it blinds me. The day you came from the store I knew I would love you. I long for the day I will see you again. Meet me at the sink. I love you Mr. Tooth Brush.
With all my love,
Susie Tooth

Dear Miss Susie Tooth,
I am madly in love with you also. The first time I saw you I fell in love with you. When I came from the store I knew I would love you, even though you were a different brand. I love you. I will meet you at the sink. By the way, will you marry me?
With my love,
Mr. Tooth Brush

Dear Mr. Tooth Brush,
I will marry you!!!!!!!

Your fiancee,
Susie Brush

- Abbie




Dear Rosey,
You remind me of my poem I made. "Roses are red, violets are blue, come on tooth brush, clean my tooth." You are beautiful with clear white bristles and a soft scratchy tongue cleaner. You have such a nice rubbery neck and the button on your chest represents this heart for me. I love you Miss Rose. If you don't love me I won't love you. Wait, I will still love you.
Bye bye from Mr. Applebush

- Josh



Deareast Mr. Toothbrush,
I have been thinking about you. I know that I'm a automatic $200 toothbrush and your a Meijer brand but I feel we were destined for eachother. I love you and I wish I could come over to your tooth brush holder but I'm charging in my cradle.
I love you so much but I don't know how this will work out. If you had a phone we could text. If I fall in love any more I will run out of paper. I wish you were here so you could brush my bristles. I love you with all my heart.

Love,
Miss Toothbrush


-Lindsay

State Name Legends

Assignment: make up a funny legend to explain how a state got its name.



There once was a man who started a soda business. He made them in all sizes. The whole town loved them. One day he decided to make little soda cans, and everyone loved them. This man grew to be such a rich man that they named their state Minnesota. (sarah vandybogurt)

One day an old lady was skipping down a street. She was always asked what her name was. She told them that she didn't have a name. The state citizens decided to call the old skipping lady Mrs. Skippy. Years later she died. At her funeral, the President decided to give her land a name. He said, "In honor of Mrs. Skippy we shall now call this state Mississippi." (sarah vandybogurt)

A group of men saw a sign that said, "The first person to say, 'Oh, hi yo!' to one million people gets one million dollars. Well these men were really excited because they say "oh, hi yo!" naturally. Well the head guy did it and came back. When he got the million dollars he spend it all on making "Ohio" the state's name. (andrew wallace)

The first people to land in America were a man and his wife, Mary. When they reached the shore Mary asked her husband what they should call it. He said, "Mary, it's your land." Thinking he had said " Mary land", that is what she called it. (bre wallace)

There once was a lady who had a Yorkshire terrier who was about to have puppies. When the first one was born she thought,"A new Yorkie." So she named the state New York. (bre wallace)

Once a man walked into Subway. The lady asked, "Pepper or oregano?" The man said, "Oh, my land! Oregano!" The lady went back home and told her husband, "I didn't know this land was called Oregon." They were very important people, and once they started calling the land Oregon, the name stuck. (mike woodby)

Late in the 1700's, a rich man had an Indian servant come in. The Indian had a strange accent and bad grammar. He said, "message you sent," but stumbled on the last word and instead said, "message you sent- sent." The man was an American spy and was looking for an important message from an unnamed state and thought the Indian said, "Massachusetts sent." The name stuck. (mike woodby)

One day a man was moving to a different place. He wondered where he was until he saw someone. "What is this place?" he asked the lady. "Oh! Hi! Oh!" the lady said, looking surprised to see someone. "Thanks!" said the man as he traveled on. That is how Ohio was named. (tim beltran del rio)

Once there was a boy who wanted to name land that he claimed. He asked his mom and she said, "Misery!" because she was having a bad day. The boy thought she said "Missouri", and that is how he named Missouri. (mitchell galloway)

Once there was a man in the war. Team Alfa tried to sneak to the enemy's house. He realized that the land hadn't been explored. He asked his troops, "What should I name this new land?" At that time a machine gun went off. He thought they said "Michigan" and that's how Michigan got its name. (mitchell galloway)

Limericks

There once was a leaf from Anoud
Who hated the town that was loud.
He left for Nebraska,
But stopped in Alaska,
And there he was free from the crowd.

-Bre Wallace



I went to school on a zool.
I like to ride it to school.
It's hard to ride
Because it's got a lumpy hide,
So don't ride it to school.

-Mitchell Galloway



There once was a free man from Cree,
Who decided to climb up a tree.
He climbed to the top
No way would he stop.
But wait, where was the tree?

-Tim Beltran del Rio



There once was a man from the moon
Who looked like a hot air balloon.
He was so very shy,
Scared to cry,
'Cause he hated to look like a buffoon.

-Sarah VandyBogurt



There once was a grand gift of old,
To whom it never was told,
And the receiver said,
"Oh my, it's dead!"
For inside was a dead marigold!

-Andrew Wallace



There once was guy named Bob
Who really was such of a snob
He climbed up a pole
His face to console
For looking like such of a slob.

-Mike Woodby

Cinquains

Piggies
Oink, oink they go,
Little and quite dirty
They are hungry for their breakfast;
Starving!

-Bre Wallace



Sunshine
I bathed in it all day
The scorching sun makes me sleepy
So hot!

-Sarah VandyBogurt



"Write a
Cinquain" she says
"Okay" I say "I will"
I have written two and some of this
Cinquain.

-Mike Woodby



Tigers
Ferocious
Creatures of prey
Predatory animals
A cat.

-Tim Beltran del Rio



Cheesecake
Squishy, yummy
It's good in my tummy
It is yummy to my tummy
It's good!

-Andrew Wallace