Our Wishes for Spring

Imani’s Wishes for Spring

I wish for money.
I wish for a laptop.
I wish for five more pet shops.
I wish that “no” was not a word.
I wish for a new MP3 player.
I wish that flowers will never die.
I wish for many more BFFs.
I wish for another home.
I wish that Monet and I will be BFFs forever.
I wish that there will be no more twisters.
I wish that Ayoka will have another school
I wish to get along with people.
I wish to be on the red carpet.
I wish for more books.
I wish that there will be no more bad weather.
I wish I could see my mom.

Monet’s Wishes for Spring

I wish for every mother to have a happy Mother’s Day.
I wish for love upon everyone I know.
I wish for people who are struggling to get through with this prayer.
I wish for flowers to bloom happiness and peace.
I wish for happy school days, happy work days.
I wish for non-violence.
I wish for Spring in full bloom.
I wish for no broken hearts, peace upon everyone.
I wish for bushels of flowers.
I wish to see my dad again before Spring ends.
I wish for a good education.
I wish for better drawing skills.
I wish for new Spring clothes and shoes.
I wish for world peace.
I wish for life to never end.
I wish for my poem to rule this magazine.

Jabari’s Wishes for Spring

I wish for a hot day.
I wish for a big pool.
I wish for sometimes rain.
I wish for lots of ice cream.
I wish for summer vacation.
I wish for lots of water ice.
I wish for lots of popsicles.
I wish for a good day.
I wish for no global warming.
I wish for a good year.
I wish for everybody to be happy.

Armani’s Wishes for Spring

I wish I was with my mom because it’s cool.
I wish for a cat.
I wish I had a video game.
I wish for a free car because it’s fun.
I wish for a computer because you get to play games.
I wish for new pencils because it’s nice to write.
I wish for a horse because they’re beautiful.
I wish it would snow so I could throw snowballs.

Nysir’s Wishes for Spring
I wish I had an Xbox 360 because it’s fun to play.
I wish I had a big car because you can ride it.
I wish to have a big house for me.
I wish I had one room to myself.
I wish I had more teeth.
I wish I had the most cheer.
I wish I had sisters then brothers.
I wish my mom had more money.
It wish I had more taffies.

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

Dear Japan: 2011 Tsunami

Dear Japan:

We are so sorry for what you are going through. We hope you'll be successful in rebuilding. We wish you could come here so we could help you. We hope we can do a lot of things about it, like ship food and supplies and medicine. We should send money and help to the scientists. We can also bring doctors over and help find safe homes for adults and children. We support you by bringing fresh food and water. I hope your cities will be better by the water stopping. We are sorry that ships crashed into homes and I hope you the best. We hope you are safe.

Your friends in Philadelphia, PA,

Gueladio, Nazir, Angel, Deandre, Dasean, Anifah, Zoria, Samira, and Anthony

"I Am Beautiful" Poems

Beautiful by Negus

Instill

And
Make a very

Beautiful
Education
Artistics
Unique and unthinkable
Tactics
Intellect
Fun filled day of fashion
Universe of people who are not
Lathargic, lackadaisical, or lazy.

By Iyanha

Imagination

Accomplished
Michigan

Best
Every
Apple
United
Teaching
I love fashion.
Fashion
Unicorn
Little

By Rakayah

I am cute

Amazing
Money

Be curious
Educated
Apple Beautiful Cute
Unity
The spot lights
Ice cream
Flowers
Upon an apple
I love

Route Beauty 5

By Ayoka

Goin’ down the highway route 35
Someone lookin’ pretty blew
down the drive. The engine
couldn’t take it. The motor went
in flames just because of our
models super-beautiful blaze.

By Kelvin

I love chocolate

And I love my mom
My sister is the boss of me.

Brother

Eat chocolate

Apple

Up

Telephone

I am nice

Fast

Umbrella

Lethargic.

By Marie

I love the color pink

A nice heart-loving lady

Marie is a beautiful rose

Because she likes my rose.

Eaty

Any princess loves red

Umbrella helps rain.

Telly tells me I’m a cooker

Isaiha is beautiful

Full of cookies.

Under the rain

La la la la.

YAY!

Rhyming Races!

How to Play Rhyming Races
1. Illustrate beautiful words.
2. Split up into teams.
3. You get 2 minutes per word to come up with as many rhymes as possible.
4. You can use made-up words, but only if you give them definitions.
5. Whichever team has the most rhymes wins!
6. Write poems using your words.
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Wrong  Spring

By Queenie, Age 10

Spring is here.
but the trees are bare.
Birds don’t sing
and they’re not flying.
Instead they’re sleeping.
With still wings.
Snowmen are still alive,
and bees are in their hive.
There’s dark clouds in the sky,
ready to hail on I.
Is spring going to be like this all year long?
Oh, my calendar’s wrong.

Colors

By Ayoka, Age 10

Yellow

I don’t feel so well-oh.
I don’t know who to tell-oh.
I stink and I smell-oh
my barf is yellow.

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By Quadir W, Age 7

Love is liking another person.
Foxes are furry.
Games are fun.
Kings are powerful.
Socks keep your feet warm.
I came from my mom.
Rocks are hard.
Shocks really hurt.

Rhyme Time

By  Qadir M.

I got that money, that bling
I got everything
People call me the king
A king that can rap and sing

I got a house made of gold
right on top of these hills
I never had to pay a dime
So I never got those bills

I love the spring rain
When I’m going to Maine
And when I go to Spain
I take a train

Want me to tell you
When push comes to shove
I don’t run, I fly
like a little white dove

I got a little orange fox
Which lives in a box
He chases bunnies that are hopping
and comes with me when I’m shopping

This is a Rhyme
That comes from the heart
This is my time.
To bring people closer and not rip them apart

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.