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MY BEST FRIEND LEAVES

My dog likes to sleep in the I look outside at the leaves
Squirrels are playing in the
sun.
She loves to play with me trees.
Acorns falling on the
and have fun
I throw the ball in the air. ground
She brings it back without Without even making a

a care. sound.
She really is a great pet. Every year I live in fear
She is the best friend I To make the driveway

have ever met. clear.

WRITING A POEM Sean Von Zwehl Julian Butler
Grade 4-M Grade 4-F
Writing a poem is
difficult to do, FENCING

But it might come HALLOWEEN Fencing is a sport enjoy
easy to you. I recommend it for every growing boy
Halloween is really keen When you fence you use a foil
It is very difficult for If you watch, it’s a really weird scene. If you fence in the sun, you really boi
me, While the candy,
Is really quite dandy .. You have a hard task
As you see. So you must wear a mask
That is the reason I love to go trick or treating on Halloween! To start the judge screams. “ GO” .
Now I tell you, I’m a good fencer, did you know?
why, That this is true. . ..
Hard I have to try. I’m scared, I’m unaware Scott Levine
Now all of this is true, Of scary creatures, giving me the scare... Grade 4-F
And it makes me feel Of my life!!!
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
blue.
All the costumes are so bright Christopher Columbus was an
Christopher The streets look like if candles have been Italian boy
Sellars
alight. Who wanted to sail the seas.
Grade 4-M Along with the crowd, When he had grown,
I will shout... He went on his own,
FALL ANIMALS Trick or Treat!!!!! And did set sail at sea.
From stories he’d heard,
Animals hibernate in Carolyn Lee He acknowledged and learned,
fall, Grade 4-F That the world must be

At the sign of nature’s FALL round.
call, And that was how the new
Autumn leaves change color
They take a long sleep, Making the world so bright world was found.
But they never do weep, Red, orange, and yellow
To feel that nature will Green leaves almost out of sight. Alexandra Marolachakis
Grade 4-M
change. Leaves start falling from the treetops
Being raked into colorful piles ON A GLOOMY DAY
Edurne Alvarez Lining the roadside
Grade 4-F For miles and miles. I feel upset
Because it’s really wet
Fall is so very beautiful And I can’t go out to play.
You go out in the crisp fall air Oh, how I wish I could be
Watching the leaves change colors
Having fun without a care. gay
On this gloomy day.
Heather Stein
Grade 4_F Look at the rain.
It’s really a pain.
I wish it were a sunny day
So I could be at the bay.
Oh, I really hate this

gloomy day.

46 Michelle O’Donoghue

Grade 4-M