Children Gather Around Near

Children gather around nearShow me you are here to learnIt’s the teachers time to steerAnd find who is eager for their turn

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When I was a Little Boy

When I was a little boyI was bored in schoolI disturbed class to annoyThinking it was cool For when the teacher said, “enough!”Through the office came my rewardIn their efforts to be toughThey sent me home to be bored But my mom was a teacherAt another schoolAnd each day she would shareLessons of the golden [...]

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Build on What you Know

Build on what you knowLet it gather, let it growTrain your eyes to really seeFocus well. Set yourself free Let your brain wrap around itYou’ll be better for this habitBe one given to reason moreChoosing well what you would to store Asking questions: How? and Why?Logically reasoning to applyKnowing facts is not enoughFor one must [...]

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I Am Here to Learn

I’ll not be found asleepWhen it becomes my turnThis promise I will keep-I am here to learnNor will I be found visitingAnd distracting all my friendsI will turn my head for listeningFor the pattern that this lends

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Between Your Ears- The Brain

Between your earsLies a wondrous brainIt commands and steersAll paths to gain A memory bankOf all that lies aboutTo process and thinkAnd figure things out Inspired by my grand daughterrecalling of when she asked for a calculator in class and the teacher said- the best one wasbetween her ears.

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We are Here to Learn!

We are here to learnWe are here to learnOur eyes, and lips and fingers moveIt is always our turn Always we repeatAlways we repeatThis is how we store what’s newThe eyes, lips, and brain compete Moving the body is funMoving the body is funWe set our heart pumping againWe stretch, jump, sit, we’re done Before [...]

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>Each Song we Sing

>Each song we singOr drill we sayHelps us improveIn some small way It might be for ReadingOr to help with MathOr just for leadingUs on the right path From the patterns in PhonicsTo the methods of SciencePoetry sticksFor self-reliance

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>Positively

>We are a classroom united as oneThrough mutual respect, each challenge is funSupporting each other our goal is to tryTo share what we learn when we ask who, what, how, and why With one voice at a time- each prepares for a turnTo practice, apply, build, and relateEach concept connects to another to learnPositively, it’s [...]

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>As a Class we Arose

>As a class, we aroseAnd became a compass rose_ stood to the north_ stood to the East_ stood to the SouthAnd _ went West, but was not the leastFor we were not finished at all!We made north east,North, and south westWe made south eastBut still did not restFor others were needed to point and call!

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>Won’t you Echo Back to Me

>Won’t you echo back to me All the things I just said?Show me the light was greenAnd you followed when I led

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