Rhythm & Rhyme is a 4-5 day creative arts residency program
designed for 4th and 5th grade. Students compose poetry then add rhythm, sound effects, and drama
to create performable works of art!
Listen to what students |
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"I never knew I could do something so awesome in school!" - Angel, 5th grade (Summerville, SC) |
"I really liked the things you taught us. It was fun to write poems. I liked the sound effects like CRASH and DRIP-DROP. My favorite part to do was to make up verses." - Ty'Reik, 4th grade (Summerville,SC) |
"I learned to stay focused on what you do and that having courage in myself, I can do anything." - Ena, 5th grade (Summerville, SC) |
"I didn't know poems could be so creative and fun. I might even grow up to write my own book!" - Mikaila (St. Mathhews, SC) |
"We acted out the Ranforest poem we created. The creative sounds were so amazing. They sounded like real jungle animals. I learned you can make sounds and music out of anything." - Jantasia, 5th grade (Summerville, SC) |
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"Thank you for teaching us to become percussionists and poets." - Ke'von, 4th grade (Summerville,SC) |
"It made me feel good and special to perform my poem." - Dakota, 4th grade (St. Matthews, SC) |
"I learned a lot from you. I can tell you like to teach and spend time with kids." - RaJean, 4th grade (Summerville,SC) |
"Thank you for helping us become poets and thinkers." - Sarah, 4th grade (Summerville,SC) |
"Thank you for making school a lot more interesting." - James, 4th
grade (Summerville, SC)
Each school receives a FREE DVD of in-class performances and ta master book of all class poems!
The following are several of the poems created during the most recent Rhythm & Rhyme residency. Congratulations to the 4th graders of Sangaree Intermediate in Summerville, SC, for such fantastic "Stormy Weather" poems!
ImpatientThunder sounds like hands beating on a wall, Lightning looks like sun that's about to shine, Someday the sun will shine but not this time. Hail makes a sound like popping corn, Wind whistles like a blowing horn, Snow looks like paper wadded in a knot, Waiting on rain really bores me a lot! |
What Am I?Your city is delicious, yum, yum YUM! I will eat your houses. I will drink your rivers. When I get done you'll all have the shivers. I twirl and I spin and I like to bend trees, When I move from town to town, dirt surfs around me. I move really fast but I don't last long. If you've guessed a wrecking ball, you've guessed wrong. Chuga, Chuga, Choo-choo, I sound like a train. You've might have made a guess, but I'm not rain. Did you guess a tornado? Yep, it's true. Better watch out, I'm comin' for YOU! |
"Goosebumps"I wonder what it could be. I think I saw a figure, Or are my eyes deceiving me? Shadows dancing on my wall, They look like arms with hair. I'm starting to feel goose bumps, I see a silent stare. Scritching and there's scratching, Going in and out my ears. I think there's a monster, The air is filled with fear. I feel hot monster breathe from my neck to my chin, The fur! The fur! It's tickling my skin! The fur is sticking out from beneath my bed, Hey . . . . . It's just my bunny slippers. I guess the monster's in my head. |
"The Storm Will Last"The weatherman said, "The storm will last." The lightning streaked across the sky. "Look at all the leaves go by!" The wind blew everything around, The thunder roared across the ground. The clouds were flying past the moon, "Oh! I hope this storm stops soon!" |