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Pictures and Comments* from Kalli Dakos' Visit to Millard Hawks Primary
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"We
are very excited that Kalli Dakos, a wonderful author/poet, will be
visiting Millard Hawks. We have been reading Ms. Dakos' website and
laughing at the funny poems in The Bug in the Teacher's Coffee. We
learned that Ms. Dakos uses all kinds of points of view, from buildings
to food trays, in her poems. We wondered what library books might say if
they could write words. We'll see what we can write for Ms. Dakos."
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"Kalli loves
to "play poems" and she gets her whole audience involved." |
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"Students
in Mrs. Pettit's second grade wrote and illustrated couplets like the
one in Kalli Dakos' poem 'Mrs. Cole on an onion roll'. We began with the
words 'I was so hungry that I could eat...' Students then brainstormed
things they liked to eat and a silly rhyme for that food. Here are some
terrific examples. They are delightful!"
Kara: We're so hungry
That we could eat
A can of corn
And a unicorn.
Danielle: We're so hungry
That we could eat
A can of canned peas
And some fleas.
Kelsey: We're so hungry
That we could eat
A bag of chips
And lizard lips.
Nick: We're so hungry
That we could eat
A pizza pie
And a butterfly.
"The children didn't
exactly know what a poem was before Kalli's visit and now they love to
read poems."
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"We had a
wonderful visit with author/poet Kalli Dakos. Kalli does all kinds of
wonderful, interactive activities with her poetry and the children were
totally captivated. Here are pictures of some teachers participating in
Kalli's poetry. Our principal, got to kiss Hamlet the Pig NINE times!!
Kalli included lots of bathroom humor in her presentation and had real
little flushing toilets!"
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Blog comments by Jen Lyons, MHPS |
