Poet-Tree

Denise Troutman poses with several of her fourth grade students who have their poems displayed on the Poet Tree in the foyer.
Kason Warren, Aexis Woodard (standing), Austin Camp and Melanie McGill in front.

This past week students have been working with poetry in all grade levels K-5 in the classroom, media center and art. As the students write their poems and illustrate them, they are placed on a tree in the hallway for all the children and teachers to see. Denise Troutman, along with the other fourth grade teachers continued the writing and illustrations in their classrooms and their students are already excited about seeing their original poems on the "Gilbert Poet Tree" in the hallway outside the media center. All fourth and fifth grade students are working on independent poems that art teacher Chris Sandow will help them create illustrations for. It takes the entire school working together to bring about a love for a particular concept and already this is happening with our students. We have boys and girls alike coming to the media center asking for books of poetry, requesting opportunities to write other poems, and sharing these with all audiences willing to listen. The topics for these poems range from Heaven to Wolves to Freckles to Sports!

This poem is from a student in Ms. Lyn Wright's fourth grade. The student's name is Kyler Cain and he writes about Heaven.