Slice of Life: Allow Me to Introduce Myself #SOL21

I had such fun reading this poem with a few Kindergarten classes this past week.

From Hip Hop Speaks to Children a Celebration of Poetry With a Beat- Edited by Nikki Giovanni

After we sang, swayed and played with this poem some chose to use it as a scaffold to write their own … Allow Me to Introduce Myself poem. I heard poems about dancers, lego builders, hockey players, big sisters, singers, jumpers, and creation makers to name a few. I decided to give it a go with one group I joined in a breakout room.

Allow Me to Introduce Myself

They call me

the reliable

the shower-upper

the runs-in-any-weather

group motivator.

The keeps us

laughing on the hills.

The dawn breaking

sunrise

racer.

The slow but steady

ten-minute

miler

can run

forever.

The Clarathon

winner

I be.

That’s just a few of the names

they call me.

If you are looking for other books that celebrate names, here are a few I love:

Today I used speech to text & had some help with formatting since I am slicing this month with broken arms.

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