Student Acrostics

I tried the Holiday Acrostic lesson on my 4^th grade students.

I read my poems and then gave them copies and asked if they could find the secret. One girl found it. Then everyone “ah-ed” when they saw it.

The children were rowdy. One of the boys makes any excuse to get up and walk around the room. I spend most of my time telling them to stop talking or stay in their seats.

However, some kids really got into it. Those who finished first got to do a second draft, which I cut out and pasted on card stock. Then they could decorate the page and take it home.

Here are three examples of the students’ work. The first two are by girls the last is from a boy. 

Can you guess the secret word?

December 25 is Christmas Day. I don’t like

Eggnog. It is gross. I have a friend named

Caroline. She loves eggnog. She also loves

Ornaments with purple and red ribbons. I

Really, really love decorating my house.

At my aunt’s house I got to decorate a lot.

Time on Christmas is nothing, just waste it.

Is Christmas fun to you? Yes, or no?

On Christmas I love opening presents.

Nothing in the world is better than the

Saying, “Christmas is love.”

Sparkling hats are awesome. They’re

Pretty and make me feel

Artistic and every time I wear them I

Run around with joy. I run around and

Kick off my shoes. No one knows I

Like them. I try to keep it a secret.

It’s really hard to put them away after I wear them.

Nothing in the world makes me more happy.

Getting new sparkling hats is more awesome than

Having a basket full of candy.

Anyone who would give me one would be one of

The coolest people on earth.

Bob loves Christmas because

All his family gets to

Come over. Bob’s family comes from

Oklahoma and some from

Nebraska, even really weird

People Bob doesn’t even know come over.

Isolated from his dirt bike Bob

Especially loves to have family over on Christmas.

P.S.

 One girl said, “What’s your name again?”

 I told her she could call me Miss Gowland.  “What’s your first name?” she asked.

"Mary Lee. You can call me Miss Mary Lee if you want.” 

 Someone else piped up, “Can we call you Miss California?”

 I said, “Sure!” and waved like I was in a beauty pageant. From then on I was called, “Miss California!”