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Preschool Teachers Know What to Say"please sit on your sitzfleisches,"the 4th grade teacher said
Preschoolers do not understood German, so they continued to stand
"Sit on your hindquarters!" This was stated a bit louder.
The kids stared at her, still not understanding.
"Your haunches,...
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Categories:
teacher,
Form: Light Verse
First PoemsNanna traces finger-rhymes around my hand:
tickling poems.
Pictures in my sister’s book
speak poetry, and I want her book
to be mine.
Miss Fernside points to words
beside her drawings
on the easel;
I love Miss Fernside.
First...
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Categories:
child, grandmother, poems, teacher,
Form: Free verse
Silence - advice from a teacherMake noise, be loud, bold, let your voice be heard; don’t be a wallflower, we have
enough of those already, the world needs leaders; you are soft spoken, don’t let dismissal by
others of your quiet tone...
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Categories:
teacher, anxiety, school, stress, student,
Form: Free verse
Lost but LessoningThe lost Wonderland
Made me break down all at once,
But I learnt what’s real....
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Categories:
teacher, dream, fantasy, imagination, life,
Form: Senryu
Growth
Categories:
growth, life, love, teacher,
Form: Monoku
Ode to my StudentsTiny hands
Pure hearts
Silly smiles
Footprint art
Cheerful shrieks
New found words
Belly laughs
Singing heard
As I open up the door
These are the sounds I hear
And everyday it gives me a reason
To have a smile stretching from ear to ear
...
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Categories:
appreciation, inspiration, preschool, teacher,
Form: List
Psalm 23 The Lord is my teacherThe Lord is my teacher;
I shall not fail.
He opens a world of possibility;
He quenches my thirst and curiosity.
He banishes my doubts;
He leads me in paths of discovery
For learning’s sake.
Though I walk amidst...
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Categories:
allusion, education, teacher, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Chitter ChatterChitter chatter bitter batter
I am trying to think
Chitter Chatter
Can I eat with you?
I turn and growl.
They leave quickly.
Chitter chatter bitter batter
Same story as yesterday and the day before
Chitter chatter bitter batter
Principal who is my boss...
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Categories:
school, student, teacher,
Form: Narrative
THANKFUL FOR NATURE THE TEACHER
How blessed are we to have nature as our teacher
although her biggest obstacle
which leads to her biggest concern
is how even the greatest teacher cannot teach
those who are unwilling to learn.
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Categories:
nature, teacher, thanks,
Form: Rhyme
BUTTERFLY TEACHERS
I was out in Deborah’s garden the other day when what should catch my eye
flitting from flower to flower but a monarch butterfly.
A walk through Deborah’s flower garden is brimming with surprises…
Like when that monarch...
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Categories:
butterfly, nature, teacher,
Form: Rhyme
Spring BirdIt’s a strange place for me -
In my sixty-fifth spring,
I find I’m up a tree,
And I don’t know a thing.
I’ve always got it wrong.
Little birdy in my tree,
Teach me with your song.
So grateful I...
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Categories:
bird, teacher, tree,
Form: Rhyme
Education is Much More Challenging Noweducation is more challenging now than it was twenty-five years ago
Many young teachers are running from the profession
They optimistially thought that children would listen and learn
Many want to learn, but they cannot hear over constant...
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Categories:
teacher,
Form: Narrative
A Wonderful Show - AndareeI am in the middle of the monologue
The show is seldom a dialogue
What an astute star laying it low
Such talent with flow.
Wow, Superb
Show
Don’t disturb
The one class so slow
As my learning cannot grow
Thanks to the...
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Categories:
teacher, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
will the real teacher's pet stand up
Categories:
allegory, sexy, spanish, teacher,
Form: Carpe Diem
A homily of homophones
Twas daybreak as this bright morn I rose
Greeted at breakfast by my darling Rose
A brief time together as by seven I've left
Out to the garden, the street and then left
Along cobbled paths where the dogs...
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Categories:
teacher, 5th grade, 6th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Teacher Poems
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