Our Poet's April Songs of Rain!

(view of the rain from my car's sun roof this morning!

April is not only themed "Farm to Table" at SK but it is nationally known as "Poetry Month."

Spring was definitely in the air (for at least a part of the morning weather wise.)  We spied Robins in our playground and a golden crocus dusting off some dirt from its petals in front of the school.  We were also coaxed inside by the wet chilly sprinkles of an impending shower.  We practiced singing a song about rain called "When the Rain Falls Down" using American Sign Language.  We  also listened to this poem by Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes.

Let the rain kiss you.

Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops.

Let the rain sing you a lullaby.

The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk.

The rain makes running pools in the gutter.

The rain plays a little sleep-song on our roof at night,

And I love the rain.

During writing /Journaling time (and using our amazing inventive/emerging spelling and dictation tools,  Kindergartners but pen to paper and created some eloquent poetry  of their very own!  The subject:  Rain!  Finger snaps to all!

No.

No.

No.

Noooo.

Rainrin (rain), plase don (don't) go.- Wesley

to Be spring

to Be spring

The Rain

Falls on the Flowrs

ot Drips oof  (and drips off)

The Rain

Falls oof on (falls off on)

The Grass-  Eva

When I see the rain fall,

I shout "hooray!"

and go

and play

in the rain 

with my umbrella

and jump in the puddles.  -Clara F. 

The Rain Falls on the Stump

The rain falls slowly

and lands on a stump.

The stump grows back

into a tree.

The tree slowly grows buds.

The buds are going to turn into flowers 

when it turns into Spring.  -Claude (dictated)

When the Rain Falls Down

When the rain falls down

on to the ground

it turns

into a puddle.  -Benjamin 

RON. RON. (rain, rain)

The RON RON

RON is WAT (wet)

RON is COTD (cold). -Mason 

IS It Spring?

IS It Spring

the RAN is FOLING (the rain is falling)

oN the FLOWRS 

the GRAS

IS GREEN

the FLOWRS ARE BLOO

MING  -Eliza 

Ois APONTIM ( Once upon a time)

HAS iAP (there was)

ANDWAiP (a)

ANDATWA

ZVAreHPE (raindrop)

AND OT LiK TOO (and it liked to)

SWAM  (swim.) -Clara B.

Chloe's Holding a Cup and a Drop

It's, it's a drop in a cup.

I'm holding the cup

It's raining.

I'm holding my umbrella.

I'm wearing a coat and boots.  -Chloe

There was a little flower

and it liked to play in the rain.

When it played in the rain,

it grew into a BIG flower.

When it played,

it felt the rain.-Skye

The rainbow and the rain

but something special-er

than everything-

A dragon in the rain, a dragon in the rain.

But another thing-

there's a rainbow in the rain.  -Etienne

Raindrop Words

The rain

at my house,

Well, it goes drip, dripping

on my upstairs bathroom

next to

my room.  -Sana