Stevens' students had already written poems about what they liked about themselves and took photos to illustrate the poems. They shared their pieces with the first grade students, and that became the springboard for the younger students to compose their own poems.
After the first-graders wrote their poems, they met with their high school partners, read their poems, and made plans for their photos. The pictures were taken with Canon cameras. The students met one more time to choose a photo and edit it using Microsoft Digital Image Editor. Using Microsoft Publisher, an HP 800 large-format printer, and a scanner, the high school students scanned the original poems and inserted their first-grader's picture onto a 24-by-48-inch poster and printed it.
My hands are the best part of me.
I make good pictures with my hands.
I clench my fists when I am mad!
I punch my brother Jamin.
My hands have a dragon sword.
Swing,
Slice!
EYRAH BROWN
I like my feet
because I can paint my toes.
I paint my toes
pink and purple with black.
It is fun.
I do my mom's too.
I run to make them dry.
It is so fun.
And then I painted a heart on my
mom's feet to say I love her.
HANNAH CALLOWAY
My legs are fast
like the wind
and a cheetah.
I like my legs.
I can run faster
than the universe.
I can run faster
than any one
in the universe
and I run circles
like a twister.
My legs are
the best part of me.
JACOB TUFT
MY LEGS
My legs can bend.
My legs can run.
My legs can skip.
My legs can walk.
My legs are strong
that flip and flop and freeze.
My legs have muscles
that are strong.
My legs are the strongest
of them all.
My legs are the
best part of me.
KATHRYN PARKIN
I can wiggle my legs.
I walk to my favorite place
at the maple tree.
I win a race with the wind.
I can run faster
than anything in the world.
KAYLEE CAHALIN
My heart is kind
and full of love
In my mind
I like you.
My heart is full
of shining love.
My heart spreads its
wings to spread kindness.
I wish everybody's heart
was kind like mine.
KIM PARONS
My arms are strong.
My arms can smack me.
My arms can hug my mom.
My arms can swing like a monkey.
My arms can hold the spoon so I can eat.
What would I do without them?
KRIS MAIER
I can wink
When I blink.
And I can cry
when I look at the sky.
When I look at a book, a cook
book, I cook some brownies.
My eyes are
the best part of me.
TIANA LEWIS
I like my hands.
My hands can chop.
My hands can hug.
My hands can play.
ANDY CHRISTIANSEN
MY NECK!
I love my neck because it holds
all my big necklaces.
A red ruby necklace shines
on my neck.
Big and small
necklaces on my neck
Looking like a
princess feeling happy.
McKENZIE STORTZ
I use my hands
to play catch with my dad.
I can play wrestling
with my dad.
My hands grab my dad
and I take him down.
The best of all is I use
my hands to hug my dad.
RILEY RUST
My eyes are the best part of me.
My eyes' color is brown
and they're round like a wheel
and my eyes are bright.
I can look for animals
that are hiding at the dark.
When I walk my eyes can see.
I sneak at the dark
when I see an animal.
I can look for jewels and
share them with my friends.
SOPHIA LANGUERAS
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