Elementary Schools

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

SAD

When I am sad
I feel like my dog dies
I feel like all hope is gone I start to cry
My dad comes
He is a good dad
He makes me feel better

Olivia Gordon

Ella Baker, 1st Grade

HAPPINESS

Looks like someone smiling

Smells like watermelon
It tastes like strawberry

Feels like squishy
A baby laughing

Nala Jabe

Ella Baker, 1st Grade

EXCITEMENT

It looks like happy
Fluffy
Smooth
It sounds like bees buzzing

Dante Lopresto

Ella Baker, 1st Grade

ANGER

I get angry about

Trump not going to jail

He tried to build a wall

between Mexico and

the United States

You don’t get to be mean

just because you’re the President

I wish I could send Trump

to space without a spacesuit

Or make him sit in jail

for three years

without a visitor

except his children

Aria Scarlett Weissman

Ella Baker, 1st Grade

MAGNETS

They move

They stick

They are great

Magnets are sweet doughnuts

Magnets are a dark tunnel

Magnets are a bright moon

Magnets are a glowing sun

Magnets are the spinning earth

Magnets can spin if you line them up right

But sometimes they stick tight!

Jesse Gonzalez

Ella Baker, 2nd Grade

RED PANDA

I am red panda and I live in a tree

I like to eat bamboo
My fur is fluffy as a cloud
I don’t have to wash my dishes

Or make my bed

Izbel Pascal

Ella Baker, 2nd Grade

IN MY EYES

In my eyes I feel like

I am a tree that is going to be cut down

I feel like behind my back there is blocks

In my eyes I feel like I am in my imagination

In my eyes I am the sky

Lillian Pisano

Ella Baker, 2nd Grade

GOLD

I love my golden walls when I wake up

My gold sheets when I go to bed

And I feel like a gold sun

And a rainy day will not stop me

My gold world!

Kylie Stokes

Ella Baker, 2nd Grade

MYSELF

I am as fast as a cheetah
I can read as fast an owl
I can try my best at everything
When I fall, I get back up
When I am hurt I can count on my friends

Sian Strauss

Ella Baker, 2nd Grade

THIS IS ME

I am a princess with a magical bracelet
that can turn me into any mythical creature in the world.

I am a princess with a crown that glows in the moon light

I am a princess with a dress with gems on it
and those little gems have magic power!

And my magic power will be... EVERYTHNG

I am a princess
Who gets mad...
And punches people!

Rose Aria Christer

Ella Baker, 3rd Grade

I AM

I’m bored and hungry

It happens every day
I try to focus...
but I can’t get it out of my way.
I want to read a book,
It takes me to my imagination
And that’s my game
I want to see my cousins
It’s hard to get away but maybe it’s too late I hope it’s not too late.

Sayaloki Javier Liu

Ella Baker, 3rd Grade

MOON

Under the big white moon

with no stars in the sky
dark as a night
cold and gloomy
many sounds not too quiet

under the big beautiful moon day is night

for nocturnal animals under the big white moon

Eva Luna

Ella Baker, 4th Grade

MY PLACE

Sometimes I wonder,

What is my place
Could it be my house,
Or inside me
Could I even have a place?

Maybe I do

Ethan Shah

Ella Baker, 4th Grade

A MIND THAT GOES TO A THOUSAND PLACES

My mind goes

to a thousand places.

It goes to the trees,

the sea,

and the last place

I put my phone, too.

It goes to the laughter

of the amusement park

and the sadness of

a funeral.

My mind goes to the

great wall of china

and to the Leaning

Tower of Pisa.

It goes to the

dreamers and the

artists and the

craziest part?

It goes to all of

these places at once.

because I have ADHD!

Romy Cohen

Ella Baker, 5th Grade

ROLLER COASTER

When I go on a roller coaster at Coney Island,

I feel the wind blow through my hair.
As I go through the air

The breeze treats me quite fair.

I felt like it was a dare

Last off I ride without a care.

Tamayo Fowling Larcher

Ella Baker, 5th Grade

WHATEVER YOU’RE GOING THROUGH

Hey, whatever you’re going through, you’ll get through

I recently lost my relative

You know that cut deep

Imagine you waking up, knowing that your family member is six feet deep

I know I made them happy when I first said my first 1, 2, 3

I know she’s in heaven looking down on me ):

Tracey Birdsong

PS/IS 180, 5th Grade

FREEDOM FLIES

Freedom flies, with all the lies

Freedom flies, with all the cries

Freedom flies, with all the signs

When I lie freedom flies

When I sigh freedom flies

We lie, cry, and sigh

But it won’t change that freedom flies

And freedom is always on our side

Maileigh Bright

PS/IS 180, 5th Grade

LIGHT

Light dances on a pine

And flies around the chimney

It dives into a stream

And flows through the deep

It ascends beyond the air

And back to the aquamarine

Ava Sawyer Jean

PS/IS 180, 5th Grade

ALL I WANNA DO

All I wanna do is play ball

I mostly run in the hall

I was short, but now I’m kinda tall

My legs are pretty long

When I run, I sometimes fall

It just happens to me

I’m 13 with Big Feet

I wear a size 12 ½ and I’m about to be size 13

And yeah, that’s ME

Mechi Lattimore

PS/IS 180, 5th Grade

BLACK LIVES MATTER

Black Lives matter!

They will say

Black lives matter!

And it will be okay

Black lives matter!

Tell everyone

Black lives matter!

Until we’ve won

Laylani Morgan

PS/IS 180, 5th Grade

MOTHER

You are the sunlight to my day and the moon I see far away

A beautiful woman from all angels

A woman I am proud to call Mom

The woman who has made me into who I am today

The woman who I know will always be by my side

You are the sunlight to my day and the moon I see far away

Viviana Sairis Rijo-Acosta

PS/IS 180, 5th Grade

EACH DAY

Each day will bring new blessings

Each day will dawn a new light

Each day you take a step closer to bringing you dreams into sight

Lizbeth Torres

PS/IS 180, 5th Grade

BE YOURSELF

Be strong enough to face the world each day

Be loving to those who love you

Be bright as the sun

And as the night bleeds into the morning,

And as the sun dissolves the moon,

You find yourself,

And be who you are meant to be,

And born to be

And remember, you are YOU.

Mytae Valencia

PS/IS 180, 5th Grade

HOW TO BE YOURSELF

Touch your arms

feel your toes

no one else can control you

you can do anything YOU want

swimming, climbing, ANYTHING

don’t let others control YOU

YOU can have your beliefs

and don’t let other people judge YOU

believe in yourself

be you

Charlie James Dixon

PS 321, 4th Grade

HOW TO DRINK THE MILKY WAY

Climb up into space

Drink one sweet planet at a time

Then the stars

Don’t forget the earth.

Slurp it all up,

And don’t stop until it’s done.

Don’t spill a bit.

Finish it.

You are big enough to hold the world.

Smell the nice, warm smell of cookies,

And eat the other delicious galaxies.

Sinan Erogul

PS 321, 4th Grade

OCEAN, WHOA BIG

Salt creeping through its veins

carrying sailors along

petting animals in the deep

seaweed floating on top

arms stretching across the earth

crushing boats with no mercy

strength beyond count

Waves crashing on the beaches

always getting taller, flip side not like

calm waves, they’re smaller

not controllable

never outsourced

The great waters of blue

like a carpet on the crust

riders going at their own risk

made traveling a lot harder

running water gushing throughout the world

evaporates comes back down and refills

The great waters of blue

like a carpet on the crust

riders going at their own risk

made traveling a lot harder

Great

Big

Ocean

Micah Geballe

PS 321, 4th Grade

IT’S A STORM!

Let your lightning descend from the

endless dark sky. Pour down rain like

icy nails. Scream down with howling

winds. Let thunder rumble the sky like

drums. Turn picnics to mush. Flood the

streets and demand raincoats. Turn

the sky menacing gray from a cloudless blue.

Beat down on enormous trees with powerful winds.

Dance through the sky. What’s that? Boom, Boom, Crash!

It’s a storm!

Logan Guinyard

PS 321, 4th Grade

THE CLOAKED NINJA

From dusk to dawn

is where he belongs.

A wolf in the night

always looking for a fight.

The claws of a lion

he knows when you’re lying.

A campfire that lights up the street,

if you approach him you will feel weak.

Oliver Hall

PS 321, 4th Grade

HOW TO RIDE A DRAGON

No need for a seatbelt.

Burn straight through the trees kissing the clouds.

Run along its hard solid back.

Touch the bright beaming sunlight.

Pick food out of volcano high trees.

And when the sky is a ripe peach ready

to be eaten,

when you’re tired,

lay on your dragon’s back and he will take

you to the magical land of dreams.

Kaitlyn Hsiao

PS 321, 4th Grade

HOW TO SEE A FAIRY

See that flower in the garden?

Look.

See that door?

Yes.

Don’t blink, or else it will disappear.

Feel its rough wood.

Tug on the silver knocker.

But the door will not open.

It is determined to be closed.

Unless you taste the green grass.

Hear the vines chatter away.

Feel the bumblebees.

Look at the colorful plants

and the heaving ocean

and the waving trees

and the crackling fire

and the glittering stars

and the beautiful creatures

and the interesting people

and the good

and the evil

and the whole wide world, incessantly spinning.

Breathe in.

Breathe out.

Close your eyes gently.

Open them.

Do you see the fairy?

This is an invitation not to be ignored.

Accept it.

Imogen Kamal-Vogt

PS 321, 4th Grade

MR. TELEKINESIS, THE VILLAIN!!!

Ashes, ashes

Is child’s play

In fact not much is hard…

To MR. TELEKINESIS!!!

Hotter than a toaster,

Faster than a fly,

You won’t see him coming

Because you will die.

Ezra Pressman

PS 321, 4th Grade

HOW TO FLY!

Soar up,

don’t look down. Fly and don’t think about the ground.

Without thinking

just bounce on the white fluffy clouds

and if you wonder “what if I fall”

well what if you fly

and if you do fall I will catch you. When you fly

you’ll soar into space. The sun will burn you like Florida and

you’ll circle around the gold stars that shine with fire.

You’ll touch the brightest moon but don’t fly

higher.

Sienna Smart

PS 321, 4th Grade

I AM FIRE

Run, Spread, Burst into flames

The old tree waves goodbye, burning

People run

and schools burn

I hear sirens begging me to stop

My embers sparkle as the

Wind howled and the

Lightning roared

I smelled the rain coming down

the dark gray sky

I vanished

Sachi Yamamoto

PS 321, 4th Grade

FLOWERS HAIKU

blooming in nature

so many different colors

blowing in the wind

Oscar Castillo

PS 527, 2nd Grade

TIGER

Tigers hunting and prowling

I wouldn’t mess around with them

Glorious creatures but fierce

Endangered tigers

Roaring like a king

Skye Chang

PS 527, 2nd Grade

BISCUIT FOOD

Biscuits

Soft, fluffy

Eating, Smelling, Tasting

It is delicious bread

Amazing

Andrew DeJesus

PS 527, 2nd Grade

ALL ABOUT BLUE

Great big sky

Smell of cotton candy

And using bath bombs!

I smell sugar and blueberries.

Cotton candy feels like clouds

And is really soft.

Looks like clouds that you eat.

It makes me feel hyper!

The color is light blue.

Sofia Franco

PS 527, 2nd Grade

BLUE

Blue

Ocean sky

Bluebirds

Blue tastes sweet

Blue smells fresh

Blue feels smooth

Blue looks like blue

Blue makes me happy

Blue

Chloe Gregorius

PS 527, 2nd Grade

EAGLES

Eagle

Soft, fast

Swooping eating catching

Swooping to catch food

Bald Eagle

Luca Jalilvand

PS 527, 2nd Grade

LOVE

Liking Everything

Open hearts

Vases with heart shaped flowers

Everyone loves love

Eileen Lee

PS 527, 2nd Grade

FOREST

Trees, dirt and water

The refreshing air I breathe

Water is flowing

Beldon Mai

PS 527, 2nd Grade

BLACK

Black

Blackberries, nighttime, winter

A wonderful sensation with tiny seeds

The coldness of night

My beautiful warm coat

My under eyes when I am tired

I feel Safe

Strong

Leah McElvain

PS 527, 2nd Grade

FAMILY

Family

Funny, caring

Playing, loving, eating

Being nice and caring

Kids

Sarah Rahman

PS 527, 2nd Grade

OCEAN HAIKU

play in the ocean

with a big great awesome splash!

I love the ocean

Ella Reiser

PS 527, 2nd Grade

BLUE

blue

sky water

blueberry

frosting

blue raspberry

calm

refreshing

sleep

blue

Marcelo Ricci

PS 527, 2nd Grade

DINOSAURS

Dinosaur

BIG, scary

Chomping, eating, hunting

Scary fierce hungry bumpy

T. rex

Kenny Szekretar

PS 527, 2nd Grade

TRAPEZOID

Trapezoids are the

shape of a cheese grater.

It reminds me of another quadrilateral

called a square and also a rectangle. Trapezoids

are the shape of a piano key or the top of a spatula to flip

burgers. Trapezoids are hard to pronounce sometimes when I try to say it.

Kai Teramoto

PS 527, 2nd Grade

MY HAIKU

I love gymnastics

I like cooking with my mom

I have a new house.

Bria Thomas

PS 527, 2nd Grade

RED

Red

Sun, Fire, Strawberries

Delicious and sweet juice drips down my face

Rose petals in the spring

Leaves falling off the trees

Beautiful and Bright

So Angry I run to my Room

Madness

Noa Zack

PS 527, 2nd Grade