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Every year we gather all the elementary gifted students at our local city park for a day of playing strategic games and combining nature, art, and poetry. This year our 6th grade students led the day. They’ve been working together once a month all year to plan a day of wonder for all our students. They performed a play about the Wonders of New Iberia. Written, designed, and performed by students, the play led the audience on a tour of the wonders of our area.
The 6th grade students led an art and poetry activity. Their instructions were to think of something you wonder about and write an I am poem about it. The form was simple. The students wrote and tore paper to create an art piece to accompany the poem. I participated because I wanted to sit next to students and be one of them. I thought about my diva cat, Mimi. One of the students helped me with my torn paper art.
Torn paper Mimi by Margaret Simon
Galaxy by Kaiden
Air by Matthew
Nature by Vannisa
This post is my 600th post. I never would have thought I would get here when I started this amazing journey. Thank you, friends and readers!
Reflections on the Teche 
What a lovely way to celebrate your students, poetry and your community.
What a idyllic way to spend an afternoon.
Congratulations, Margaret, on your 600th post! What an accomplishment! I love the “I am…” poems you and your students created. Sounds like a magical afternoon!
I love it all but especially your Mimi picture-awesome, Margaret. I remember you telling about this day last year-sounds lovely. And congratulations on your 600th post-a large milestone!
Love that you reached 600 posts – congrats! It was wonderful to meet Mimi, your diva cat! The photo is perfect and the words “I flip flop on the oriental rug,” made me remember Hadley. She used to flip flop on the oriental rug, too, especially after returning from a visit to the vet.
Even my male cat is a diva. What an awesome day! You must have just been in heaven. And congrats on 600! Yippee!
I love that the 6th graders got to led the event 🙂 Congrats on your 600th post!
Congratulations to you for your 600th post, Margaret! Looking forward to the next 600. 🙂 Sounds like a beautiful day of art, poetry, inspiration, and making connections. I hope Mimi appreciates your portrait… somehow I doubt it, but I think it deserves more than just a spot on your refrigerator!
Congratulations on 600 posts! I would have loved spending the day with you and your students!
The beginning words “I AM” is always so powerful. I am so glad to see how filled with joy your students are.