Poems From Our Dance and Poetry Day!

Ms. Barbara came in and helped us to create a dances from poems. She was fun and nice. She helped us create and figure out dances. It was fun because we got to dance and have fun.

Symphony: The most fun part was making up the poems.

Emerald: The fun part for me was making up the poems and dances and having Ms. Barbara here.

Here are some poems we wrote. They were about leaves and nature. They were about the seasons and people. It felt good to express how we felt about the seasons.

Each group made up their own dance to the poems they wrote. It felt nice and happy.

Leaf Poem/Dance

Leaves breeze in the air.
Summer's over, it isn't fair.
Beautiful bright colors
fall down like no other
flying like a bird in the wind.
the pile of leaves
every year they fall again
the passage of the leaves
beautiful some people think
they are dull
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Fly
Every spring the leaves and flowers blossom.
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The leaves are blowing
the leaves are crunchy
the leaves are landing
soft and quiet
people are crushing leaves
when it is winter the leaves
twirl off the trees
leaves leaves follow me
down the street
so fast I can't see
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Leaves leaves
down the
street, it blows
so fast it's hard
to see. It moves a
long. It flies so free.
Now gone my lawn is clean.
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Leaves are all colors and shapes
jumping into a leaf pile
soft and kind of scratchy
when you jump in the leaves, the sound crunches
a lot of leaves fall in fall
a lot of leaves grow in spring.
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This is called leaves:
Leaves move fast
leaves move slow.
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The time is fall the leaves are falling. The cold day
the leaves different colors. Crinkling on the ground.
The month of October falling will leaves.(by Mya)
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I hang from a tree
I change colors
I fall and become gathered into a pile
I am beautiful
I am a model of a leaf.
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The wind is blowing the leaves are blowing fast.

The leaf is landing soft and quiet. People stepping
on the leaves loud noise crushing the leaves and stepping.

The rain dropping, the leaves are wet. The rainbow
comes up find and seek a bowl of sweet at
the rainbow. (by Kelvin F.)
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When it's winter, the leaves twirl off their trees
and hit the ground. (Brianna)

Couplets for Spring!

Dear Spring,

Please come fast. We cannot wait until you come.
April is here now let's become


Easter bunnies.
Come on bunnies, let's run like honeys.

Come on spring, we wish you were here.
Go away beer, and you too, deer.

Bees fly, some flowers die.
So let's go for a motorcycle ride.

Easter is here, so let's go cheer.
Come on everybody, let's go outside, spring is near.

Come on, why don't you want to go, bear?
That's why we care, because you're here.

Come on rabbit, why are you jumpin' on me?
We are here so we can be we.

Spring is here, so let's go watch the flowers
to show we care.

By Jeremy,Imani, Nysar, Brianna,Karim

What is Beautiful? Art From Our Fashion Show

Gueladio: Everyone in the fashion show was beautiful. Ms. Alani did a great job putting together the fashion show. Ms. Jane did a great job talking to the audience.

Rakiyah: Everybody was sparkling and glittering like the spotlight's on. I love fashion shows and talent shows. I want to be in the next one.

MC: The beautiful thing is when we all just dressed up and did the dancing and everyone was nice and kind.

Zoria: I think the fashion show was amazing and a big experience.All the spotlight was on us.

Brianna: Beautiful to me is talented and expressive. Beautiful is what you were made for. Beautiful is what are.

Rakiyah: Beautiful is made up to when you were born like a princess. The red carpet is laid out with the spotlights and charming bracelets.

Gueladio: Beautiful is red. Red is a campfire playing music.

MC: Beautiful is the sun and the light and the beautiful roses. It's the wonderful time that you had in the past.

Zoria: Beautiful is passionate. You're beautiful no matter what you look like, even if you're an old person.

Since you're beautiful, spread it all around, tell people that they're beautiful. Beautiful should take you to the next level of beautiful.

Rakiyah: My beautiful goal is to be nice in school, to not have detentions and suspensions.I will never upset my teacher because she will lose her voice if she hollers. I will be good to my mom so she won't have to yell and I won't be grounded.

MC: My beautiful goal is to wash the dishes and clean up the floor with the broom if my mom tells me to. I would love to go to Dorney Park and swim and go down the water slides.

Color Poem Inspired by Daniel McGinn!

Our poem is inspired by Daniel McGinn's Performance of "The Color of Cody"! http://www.viddler.com/explore/pauldevlinproduction/videos/54/

 

Our Color Poem

by Jabari, KC, MC, and GDog

Red is for our blood that runs through us like perfect sense.
 

Green is for our land, our community and our feet that we use to stand and to smell the freshness of our energy.
 

Blue is fresh water that we drink that travels through our blood system and makes us all a beautiful family.
 

Pink is for the beautiful ladies out there. Every woman, lady, girl is beautiful. All men are beautiful and handsome.

Light-skinned people and dark-skinned people are beautiful no matter what.

It is the love and compassion for our people.
Yellow is the shineful light to guide our way so we can follow it.

People are the sun.

Turquoise is for all the workers who give us our money for our living.
 

Violet is for all the roses and plants and for the environment.

Brown is is for the black and white people not to separate from each other, for integrated love and life.

Orange is a word nothing rhymes with.

It's for the food we eat that makes us live for the rest of our lives and get strong like Barack Obama.

Black is passion for the present and the past.

It's for Martin Luther King, Jr, who helped us get together.

Fashion Club Interviews By Gueladio!

Gueladio: "Do you like the fashion club?"

Ms. Jane: "Yes, because it's a good chance to be creative.

Negus: "Yes, because it's a good chance for children to learn to work on a long term goal."

Ms. Diamonique: "Yes, because people are coming together having a great time."

Gueladio: "Do you think it's a great team?"

Ms. Jane: "Everyone does seem to be doing a great job working together."

Negus: "Yes, because they are working together."

Ms. Diamonique: "Yes, because people are cooperating."

Gueladio: "What is your favorite thing about the fashion club?"

Ms. Jane: "I like everyone's beautiful portfolios."

Negus: "When people model."

Ms. Diamonique: "It's way entertaining!"

Movie Reviews: E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial

Armani:

E.T. said eeeeeeee-eeeeee-eeee.

The little girl was screaming.

Taymiyah:

E.T. seems loud. Boys are in a home, going to see what's going on outside. Their friend said there's something outside. Then the boy saw E.T. by himself. He went inside to tell what he saw but his mom and the rest of his family didn't believe him. Then he went outside and saw E. T. and got frightened. Then he didn't get frightened. The next day he said he was sick but he lied because he wanted to be with E.T. He showed E.T. around his house. E.T. got hungry so he gave him some food. Then he showed him to his family. They got scared and then they didn't get scared that much. Them E.T. said "B" and then he said "good." Then the girl taught him to say his name. Then E.T. said "Phone home." Then E.T. heard the mom reading to the boy's little sister."

Krystal:

P.S. I will point out bad stuff.

I think this movie is sorta funny. I like the parts where he ran and screamed. I also think it's dark, especially at night. This movie is wierd and has too much cussing. E.T.'s neck is really creepy.

We Are Heroes!

Helping friends is amazing because you're helping one another.-Gueladio

A hero is someone who saves lives.-Westley

A hero helps people in danger. Firefighters and police can be heroes.--Jabari

Valentines Day is something you celebrate to show love. Love is when you care about one another.--Nazir

These are great characters and drawings. They are great pictures.--Gueladio

A character is a person who shows his or her personality.--Westley

 Actors and actresses play characters in movies. There are also characters in cartoons, like Dragonball Z Kai, which I wish I were watching right now.--Jabari

My heroes are my mom, my dad, my Grandma, and my brother, cops, and firefighters.--Westley

My heroes are my teachers, my mom, my dad, the government, and everybody who works in the library.--Gueladio (Editor's note: THANKS!)

My heroes are my family members and friends. --Nazir

My heroes are Metroman, Ms. Jane, library staff, the people who created the internet, the President.--Jabari(Editor's note: another THANKS!)

I am a hero because I get an education, I work hard, and I get all A's and B's on my report card. When I get to college, I am going to Stanford University to be a doctor. When my kids grow up, they're going to be billionaires!!!--Gueladio

I am a hero because I respect people, pay attention, do my work, and get good grades and because I get an education.--Westley

I am a hero because I got an A on my first report card and I was paying attention to my teacher today.My teacher told me that it was the best day that I had all week--Jabari

I am a hero because I help one another.--Nazir

I am a hero because I help people, because my report cards are good. I am kindhearted and studious.--D'Laniger

Anyone can be a hero if we all play our part in the game.--Jabari

Anyone can be a hero by being a leader. Anyone can be a leader if they don't give up their dream.--Westley

Anyone can be a hero if we all work together.--D'Laniger

We can be a hero if we stick together and defend ourselves.--Gueladio

Today, I will be a hero by being a good leader. A good leader leads by example.--Nazir

Today I will be a hero by helping others and being friends with people who are lonely.--D'Laniger

Today I will be a hero by following Martin Luther King Jr. and by not polluting the earth, and I will stop people from smoking. When I am the President I will stop the factories that make cigarettes and cigars.If they don't stop, I will put them in jail.--Gueladio

Today I will be a hero by helping others to save their lives in danger.--Nazir

When I get older I will be a good leader by telling people that smoking is bad and can affect thier lives.--Jabari

Magic Kids Love Life

Make it shine.
Don't let it die.
We are LEAP kids.
We like fun.
We have fun for everyone.
Don't give up your dream.
Just make it shine and make it shine.

If you follow your dreams your could be like me or the
President or someone you like
who has The White House.
Make a dream by being a team.

It doesn't matter if you're white
it doesn't matter if you're black
we can make a picture
it's a fact.

We can have fun with everyone.

We can be extreme with a team.

Life is beautiful because people
from Africa and America are taking care of us
like we are taking care of them.

We are black and proud.
We are white and proud.
And you should be too.

We are always nice because
we are always price.

By: Imani, Gueladio, Abdul, Karim, KC, Marie, Armani

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