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Believe it or not, it’s the last day of April and the last day I will be posting Chalk-a-bration with this year’s bunch. I hope they will participate from home over the summer, though. My principal enjoys our chalking-up-the-sidewalks-with-poetry so much that she has asked us to decorate the walkways for the mother’s breakfast, “Muffins with Mom,” next week.
As we continue to work our way through the ABC’s of poetry, we have landed on H, and what better form to use for chalketry than haiku. We should coin the term, “Chalku.” Lots of different thoughts going on today. I was thinking about the humidity that has moved in thick and warm; the cold weather has definitely moved on. Vannisa is thinking about the end of school and summer coming. Kendall responded to music I played. I love the variety of ideas as much as the consistency of form.
This humidity
makes my hair curl like wild weeds,
all helter-skelter.
by Margaret Simon
Playing soft and smooth
having a fast-paced tempo.
Music comes from you.
by Kendall
School is almost out.
Summer means no more homework.
Summer’s almost here.
by Vannisa
Reflections on the Teche 