Today we wrapped up our 2016 Poem In Your Pocket poetry cafe with 13 more classes reading poetry into our open microphone. It was another day of many special moments.

5th graders wrote many original and powerful poems.

https://twitter.com/TeachFreeman/status/718416353355546624

 

Students read poems written by other students.

 

Memorized Sylvia Plath

 

Awesome costumes were worn.

 

Teachers and families helped us document the day.

https://twitter.com/TeachFreeman/status/718436388618821632

https://twitter.com/TeachFreeman/status/718432534078582784

https://twitter.com/micaheIise/status/718496173955354624

 

Take a moment to watch today’s archives.  You can still Tweet about our poems using the hashtag #barrowpoems

 

Here’s a collection of scenes from today:

Until next year…