Morning Poems

This past week at Pasteur, my students wrote "Morning" poems based off of Mary Oliver's poem of the same title. This is only my second week with this bunch and I can't believe how great their poems are already! We focused on descriptive, interesting language... seems to have really paid off!

Here are a few poems from Ms. Servin's 4th grade class:

Morning
by Victor

I wake up in the morning from my
red bed. I see my bed shining in the sun.

Then I saw the glass bowl with the cereal
in it shining in the morning.

I go outside and play in the most
wonderful grass with my yellow truck.

I thought what to draw. I drew a red
velvet ribbon gazing in the sunshine.

I thought what to draw. I drew a bird
with sliding gold feathers and a blue
feather too.


Morning
by Brenda

In the morning I see a bright yellow light.
I smell the warm brownies cooked by the sun.
Then my cover flows on top of my body.
I jump out of my cotton bed.
I hear the robins sing by day.
Each time I eat, I swirl into my food.
Each time I feel like I am on the cotton clouds.


Morning
by Crystal

In the morning the flowers shine up to the sky
when I wake up. And I hear the birds sing.
I smell the fresh air when I wake up.
I smile to myself and my beautiful family.
I see the sky shine.
When I drink a glass of water, the water
sparkles like the silver river.