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My students did not want to miss the Dec. 31st year end Chalk-a-bration, so on the last day of classes on Friday, Dec. 20th, we wrote year end poems. Some of them became too long for chalking, so they posted on our kidblog. I tried out a chalkboard app. Not sure if it is the best chalkboard app, but it was free.
Tyler borrowed a line from Naomi Shihab Nye to start his poem and drew it on our chalkboard contact paper.
“Goodbye 2013” by Tyler with a line from “Burning the Old Year,” by Naomi Shihab Nye
Year End Haiku by Margaret Simon
Where we have grown has disappeared
nothing is impossible
anything can happen
12 days till New Years
12 days of Christmas
12 months of Chalkabration
going by too fast
but slowly
every second counts
its all happening
nothing stops
running on a non stop trail of a timeline
crossing the border by the second of the clockby Vannisa
Reflections on the Teche 
These are amazing! I am so glad they didn’t miss it and made time for chalk. Have a wonderful New Year!
That’s great that you & your students chalked before they left for winter recess.
Happy New Year to you, Margaret.
They’re really beautiful, Margaret, & I’m amazed you got this done before break. How terrific the kids are! Happy New Year!