April is winding to a close and I haven't shared nearly enough poetry! (Especially silly poetry!)
This poem is by Maxine Kumin:

Hey Friends! Tomorrow, April 22, 2020 is Earth Day!
Which makes me think of one of my favorite
Storyline Online stories. If you have some time
for the planet, check out Here Comes The Garbage Barge
by Jonah Winter 

https://www.storylineonline.net/books/garbage-barge/









What is the theme or message of the story?
Did you know that the average American throws away about 4 pounds of trash per day?
Is the author trying to persuade his audience?
What things can you do (or are you already doing) to help reduce waste?

I've been playing with found poetry this morning on PicLit, a website I'll share here in case you want to try it out too!
PicLit supplies you with a picture and then you can choose words to drag and drop into the picture.
Here's the picture I chose

Now, click on the link to see the poem I "found":    in isolation

Then go to Create a PicLit/Inspired Picture Writing to "find" a poem of your own: 
https://www.piclits.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx

A poem from
I'm Just No Good At Rhyming and other nonsense for mischievous kids and immature grown-ups 
by Chris Harris, illustrated by Lane Smith

I don't know how to do this . . . yet!

Hello friends at Capitol Hill Elementary!
This is my first attempt at a blog, and I don't know how to do this YET, but mistakes help me learn and grow!
So, let me give this a try . . .




                   April is 

Here is a poem (my first attempt at using a program called Screencastify).

(so curious to know if it will work)