Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month!

Students Grades K-5 read, created, and listened to poetry.

We read and studied many types of poems: color poems, shape/concrete poems, creating poems from a word bank, listening to music and creating poems from what they heard.  Students created blackout poems, haikus, and acrostic poems.  

Best of all students read and found some new favorite poems to read and share!

We learned about shape/concrete poems

And more shape poems 

We learned about color poems

We read class favorites poems

Students created shape poems

Students used the Word Mover app to create poems from a word bank

Author and Illustrator Matt Tavares visits Kindergarten, First, and Third Grade

On Monday, November 28th, author/illustrator Matt Tavares came to visit Zervas Elementary.
With three separate magnificent Creative Arts and Science presentations, Mr Tavares entertained students and teachers explaining the writing, illustrating, and editing process.

Adults have to edit their work too!  This message was delivered when Mr. Tavares showed students his manuscript with editors notes.  Writing and illustrating is a process, one that students got to experience.

Explaining the editorial process to grade 3

Real-time sketch!

Reading a story to Kindergarten

Real-time action sketch!

Explaining revision to grade 1

Real-time action sketch!

Irene Smalls visits Grades K-3

On Monday May 16th, local Boston writer visited grades K-3 for storytelling, poetry, movement, and songs.  A special thank you to the generous Creative Arts and Sciences Program for funding this wonderful event!

We have several of Ms. Small's books in the Zervas Library, see Ms. Kinney for availability.

Kindergarten acting out "Down Down Baby"

Grade 1 listening to the story of the Jack Muh Lantern

Grade 2 Taking Dancing Steps