I dig a hole, I dig it deep, to where the bugs and spiders creep. “Oh, no!” I cry, it’s not deep enough, I want to go deeper, but the ground is too tough,” I get a bigger shovel and I dig deeper.  Through rocks and stones and dinosaur bones and at last I find a treasure!  I climb up and fill in the hole with the spiders, bugs, ants, moles, rocks, stones and dinosaur bones.  I run inside and shout, “look what I found, under the ground!” “What is it?” asks my sister Jenny.  I say, “I found a penny!”   

Riley 10, AZ

You can hear someone clapping or a plane in the sky.

Let me tell you why.

Your ears let you hear fireworks booming on the Fourth of July.

It lets you hear something as loud as thunder or as soft as a sigh.

And now you know why.

It’s the ear that lets you hear.  I have to go…bye!

DeLynne 10 (AZ)

Pony Pony in the day.  Pony Pony run and play.

Pony Pony in the night.  Pony Pony turns on her night-light.

Pony Pony day again.  Pony Pony plays with her friend.

Pony Pony now it’s night.  Pony Pony hey that’s not right!  You shouldn’t be running around all night!

Pony Pony now it’s day.  Pony Pony still awake.

Pony Pony in the night.  Pony Pony shhh!  Don’t make a peep.  Everyone should be fast asleep.

Pony Pony in the day.  Pony Pony all she does is play.

Pony Pony now it’s night.  Pony Pony sleep tight!

Pony Pony it’s the end.  Pony Pony see you again.

The End

Riley 9 (AZ)

In 1607 we headed out to sea

We landed in Virginia to start a colony

We named the land Jamestown

In honor of the King

We started out with nothing

We didn’t have a thing

Thankfully the Indians traded corn with us

We gave them goods in return in hopes to build a trust

We lasted almost 100 years but after the rebellion fire

We moved our capital to Williamsburg as that was our hearts desire.

Dori (AZ)

The Sargassum Fish’s disguise helps it catch its prey.  The Uakari Monkey’s red face helps keep his enemies away.

Hermit Crabs use Anemones to keep away their enemies.

The Mudskipper Fish can walk on land and even climb trees.  And the Colugo of Malaysia floats through the air in the breeze.

The end

Riley 9, AZ

A heart was walking to an apple tree and he told a circle, “you don’t look like me”. And the circle told the rose and the rose told the bee, all on their way to the apple tree. And then the heart said, “you don’t look like me”…”that’s because we are different shapes” said the bee. “You look like you and I look like me.” So the heart and the circle and the rose and the bee walked all the way to the apple tree.

Riley 9, AZ

Once upon a time…

There was a girl who loved to rhyme.

One day she found a key

In the sand by the sea.

She opened up a door

The door was in the ocean by the shore.

On the other side of the door she saw a cloud

She stood on the cloud and said really loud, “How can a cloud be in the sea?”

DeLynne 9, AZ