Poem in your pocket day

   Last week, We skyped with a school called Kickapoo, Wisconsin and it was poem in your pocket day so that meant that we could have a poem in our pocket. Since we skyped we could have shared the poem in our pocket and I did share one. There was only one person in my FOCUS class that made one poem up. It was a little scary but not like scary scary but like funny scary. But then at the end of her poem it said that all she was saying was lies. She said that because it said she was as mean as a dragon, but it was really fun. Then the other school said there poems that were in there pockets. Then when we all were finished the teacher Ms.Malphy and she said the poem My pet Rock and it was joyful so I loved skyping with them.

                                                                                          -Daniel T.

readers theather

I have experienced about 2 weeks of FOCUS and readers theater is sound. In readers theater I have been in all three sections of books . Including Knuffle Bunny , Pirates don't Change Dippers, and The boy who was Raised by Librarians. In this experience I have wrote lines , drawn pictures, and rehearsed lines. Within  this I now  understand  the pronunciation and the form of new words. Also I have spoken louder than I usually do to be heard.


Katelyn

Poem in your pocket

This year in focus on poem in your pocket day we skyped with another class in Kickapoo, Wisconsin. I thought that this was so cool. There were actually some very interesting poems that I heard. There was one were it talked about a monster that came to schools to take kids and eat them. I am positive that this would scare my little sister. I didnt know that therecould be differnt poems like the poem with the monster because so many are to do with love and things like that. Also some children wrote poems too. I thought this was the most intresting thing about poem in your pocket day. My friend Sadie wrote apoem that was called  ''To Tell You The Truth ''which I thought  wouldnt be good but it was and that was what suprised me. Anyways this what about poem in my pocket which was fun.

-Will

Poem In Your Pocket Day and Skyping

Last week, on a Thursday, my school, Rocks Springs Elementary, in Georgia and Kickapoo School in Wisconsin had Skyped to share poems for Poem in Your Pocket Day. April is National Poetry Month. It was so cool. We shared poems one by one. I shared a poem called Sleeping  in Class. It was about a person sleeping during a class. The person wrinkled her shirt, drooled on her textbooks, tangled her hair, and snored like a pig. The people at Kickapoo School thought that a student had been sleeping during class, but at the end, we learned that the teacher was sleeping. I think that poem was the funniest poem read that day. I really liked all the poems. My favorite one was read by a 4th grade teacher named Ms. Melphy. It was about a rock being a great pet. I loved Skyping with the people at Kickapoo School. I had so much fun!
                   -Anushka

Poem in Your Pocket Day With Another School

Last Thursday in FOCUS, we did a Skype with another school in Wisconsin called Kickapoo School.
Everybody had a poem in their pocket and they read their poems to us. I read a poem called My Teacher Ate My Homework. Everybody's poem was very interesting.
When I first found out that we were Skyping with another school, I felt excited and nervous at the same time.
It was my second time doing a Skype but I still felt nervous. I'm sure everybody else felt that way in my school and at Kickapoo School.
Ms. Melphy's poem was really funny. It was about a rock being a great pet. Skyping was a really interesting experience. I hope we do another one soon.
Daseul

Skyping With Wisconsin 4th Graders On Poem In Your Pocket Day

    Last Thursday, our 4th grade FOCUS class skyped with a class from Wisconsin named Kickapoo school. We all read a poem to someone on skype. I thought it was a great experience because I had never skyped before. My poem was called Short Kid by Shel Silverstien. I think by far that that was a very awesome time in the library. Even our librarian Mrs. Schmidt read her poem to the other librarian in Wisconsin. I think poem in your pocket day is a very cool day. Parents should even have a poem in their pocket! This was an amazing experience.


                                                                              Brooks

Skyping with Kickapoo in Wisconsin

         Me and my FOCUS class skyped with a school in Wisconsin, called Kickapoo School, last week. Our class and their class shared poems to each other. We did this because it was poem month. a lot of the poems were funny and interesting.
         One of the poems was very funny. It was called A Rock Makes a Great Pet! It told you what it would be like to have a rock for a pet! I really liked that poem. In fact, our FOCUS teacher had the same poem! I did not share a poem because I didn't want to go up in front of the whole class.
         I really liked skyping with the class in Wisconsin!

                                                                                                             Carson

Skyping With Wisconsin 4th Graders for Poem in Your Pocket Day

          Last Thursday, specifically April 13, I video chatted with a 4th grade class at Kickapoo  School in Wisconsin for poem in your pocket day. I made my own poem called " To Tell You The Truth". It was inspired by Shel Silverstein, after I read one of his books. I think Poem In Your Pocket Day is a great way to share your humor and express your personality. I was the only person in my 4th grade FOCUS class who made their poem. Peace!



                    Sadie M. :)

Skyping from Geogia to Wisconsin

I thought skyping was fun. It is like meeting new people from far away. Although f you are reading a poem to them then it gets a little scary because if you mess up it is very embarrassing. Also you don't know if the kids are going to laugh at you. Luckily, those kids were nice.One of my favorite poems are To Tell You The Truth by a girl in my class Sadie Maxwell. It was very funny. Another thing is, every poem was interesting because they were all by one author. Finally t was cool meeting kids in another state and learning what they do at their school.

Trevor

Poem in Your Pocket Day at Kickapoo,WI/Rock Springs GA

         The poem in your pocket day was awsome but I dont know about other schools. Kickapoo might have done some cool poems like the Shel Silverstein poems. Those were really popular in our school. It was cool that FOCUS got to have a Skype video with the Fourth Grade FOCUS class in Kickapoo Elementary.
I think the funniest poem was Matt Harringtons. His was funny.  There were much other ones too. I forgot to make a poem but I listened to other ones. That day had gone by really fast because there were really good poems and so much other things that were fun. There were lots of people listening but i know that i was. I dont really know is the whole school was.



                                                                     Hamza

Poem in My Pocket Day across the U. S.

I don't know about all the other schools in the United States, but Poem in My Pocket Day was a great success for Rock Springs. It was really cool that my FOCUS class got to Skype a fourth grade class in a school called Kickapoo (Wisconsin). We took turns reading poems to celebrate it being Poem in My Pocket Day. One of my favorites was To Tell You the Truth by my classmate Sadie. It was really quite funny, and she wrote it herself! It was a little hard to hear the other class, but overall, i really enjoyed it. I think it's great that they have a day dedicated to poems and their poets. Everybody is caught up in books these days and no one really pays attention to poems these days. Poem in My Pocket Day was overall a great success at my school , well at least to me if not my whole school!


                                                                         - Lauren

Skyping With another 4th Grade Class For Poem In Your Pocket Day

Last Thursday on April 13, my 4th grade FOCUS class got to Skype with another 4th grade class at Kickapoo School in WI. We got to Skype with them because it was Poem In Your Pocket day and my FOCUS teacher and Media Specialist thought that it would be fun if we could Skype with another class to read poems to each other. We started off by introducing ourselves. Then we started reading all of the poems. We listened to a lot of different poems, but my favorite poem was one that my friend wrote and it was called "To Tell You The Truth" The funny part about the poem was that it was all lies! I thought that this was a great iea because it let kids be involved in reading and participating in Poem In Your Pocket day!


                                                                                                                           -Maddy

Poem in your Pocket Day

          On Poem in my Pocket Day we had an extravagant time. We got to Skype with a school called Kickapoo in WI. First we introduced ourselves,said the name of the poem, and then said who the author was. Then we read it. The class we Skyped with was Mrs. Malphy's class. I thought it was really fun. It was fun because we heard different variates of poems like: funny, serious, sweet, and some were even their own. My favorite poem was To "Tell you the Truth" by: Sadie Maxwell in my class. She wrote it herself! Would you ever try to do this with your friends and family?



                                                                                             -Maria

Poem in Your Pocket Day at Kickapoo,WI

                         When we Skyped in FOCUS with Kickapoo Elementary school in Wisconsin, it was Poem in Your Pocket day. We shared very funny poems. I shared a poem called Steve The Superhero" by Ken Nesbitt. The kids at Kickapoo Elementary shared poems, too. The class's teacher was Mrs.Malphy. Their school had 450 students and they had grades K-12. Our school has 950 students but only grades K-5. It was a great experience even though we have Skyped before with Melissa Stewart. It was fun because they were a 4th grade class,too, like us. I really want to do it again on Poem in Your Pocket Day.

                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                               Matt 

Poetry in your Pocket Day

     On Poem in your Pocket Day in FOCUS, we "Skyped" with a fourth grade class in Kickapoo, Wisconsin.  Their school's name is Kickapoo School.  Their Media Specialist is Mrs. Malphy.  Their school has Kindergarten to twelfth grade, but they only have four hundred fifty students.  We have nine hundred fifty students, but only kindergarten to fifth grade.  I didn't say any poem.  My poem was "Lazy Jane" by Shel Silverstine.  Out of all the poems, my favorite poem was "Steve the Superhero" by Ken Nesbit.  "Steve the Superhero" was said by Matt. This reminds me when we Skyped with Mellisa Stewart.

    Sincerely,

Johaer

Poem in my Pocket day

On this Poem in my Pocket day we Skyped with Kickapoo Elementary in Wisconsin with Mrs. Malphy's 4th grade class. We were Skyping our poems to each other on video chat so we could see them recite their poems. First you go up to the camera and introduce yourself. Then you tell the author of your poem and the title. Next you recite your poem and sit back down and let the others share. My poem was Do Whid It by Shel Silverstien. It was cool because you could hear them recite their poems and be able to share poem experiences with them. It was the most fantastic Poem in my Pocket day I ever had!


                                                                                                                                   ~Taylynn