Ruth Ayres invites us the celebrate each week. Click over to her site Discover. Play. Build. to read more celebrations.
The last day of the month is Chalkabration time, a time to celebrate poetry and chalk and creativity. My students love Chalkabration, the brain-child of Betsy Hubbard. Yesterday was a bit chilly for chalking outside, so we did an inside art/poetry project with torn paper.
On Thursday, Paw Pride, a leadership group at my school, went to a local low income housing for the elderly to deliver socks we had collected. The apartments are housed in an old school. Outside where we gathered, there is a draping old oak tree with palm trees underneath. When Jacob arrived with his sister, he looked at the tree and said, “Mrs. Simon, can we write a poem about this tree?” Gotta love him!
“Yes, Jacob, tomorrow is Chalkabration!”
![A Palm Looking Tree At the end of February in southern Louisiana,you'll most likely find a palm looking tree. by Vannisa](https://reflectionsontheteche.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/palm-tree-vannisa.jpg?w=500)
A Palm Looking Tree
At the end of February in southern Louisiana,you’ll most likely find a palm looking tree.
by Vannisa
![Ancient Chickens hiding among trees spreading wisdom running from tree to tree in secret. These are Ancient Chickens. by Tyler](https://reflectionsontheteche.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ancient-chickens.jpg?w=500)
Ancient Chickens
hiding among trees
spreading wisdom
running from tree to tree
in secret.
These are Ancient Chickens.
by Tyler
WOW I love every poem – the creativity the purpose and most important the life lessons that your students learned this week. That is what teaching is all about. Thank you for celebrating with us and sharing.
Every poem speaks with thoughtful words, & love those collages!
Oh these are lovely. I haven’t done (wanted to) chalk bration with my kiddos. So much going on. Love that you shared. I feel like I’m really getting to know your students.
What an interesting tree and such a creative prompt. I love all the poems but my favorite is the Palm Tree Haiku. I would include myself as an invited wanderer! Very creative.
I love how these turned out, so creative! I too love the Palm Tree Haiku. Beautiful idea, Margaret.