February Vocabulary Poems

Extinct

Extinct is
An animal
That no
Longer exists.
For example,
A dodo bird
Mammoth, etc…
Are all extinct.
Bye, bye little
Animals. We
Will miss
You.

By SR
 Fourth Grade
 02.04.14

Marine

Marine refers to
Something found or produced
By the sea.
Animals live in the sea,
And we sometimes go by the
Sea.
If we do not have the sea, we
Would not have fish to eat
And shells to collect.
That’s why let’s thank the
Sea, and protect marine
Life.

By LH
 Fourth Grade
 02.04.14

Sport

I don’t kill animals. An animal’s not killing for fun. People should not kill animals for fun. Killing animals for fun and competition. People should not kill animals. Why? They’re cute. Animals are nice too, cute, and fun. Kids don’t kill animals. Big parents don’t kill the animals. The animals are not killing you. Animals are not crazy. They are nice, cute, and fun. Play with the animals. They are cute. Don’t kill animals for fun. It is cool to play with them.

By AI
 Fourth Grade
 02.04.14

Endangered

Some animals are en-
Dangered. Some animals are not
Killed. Some are killed for fun and
Competitions. People destroy
Their habitats. Some people
Kill them for fun and to
Eat like birds, turtles, fish, lions,
And monkeys.

By YC
 Fourth Grade
 02.06.14

Marine

Marine is
Something
Found or
Produced by
The sea.
And in
The sea, there
Are animals
Like fish
And sharks.
In the sea,
There are rocks
And lastly
Plants.

By CN
 Fourth Grade
 02.06.14

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Kids of Chinese of Immigrants

Kids of Chinese
Immigrants
Didn’t always
Go to
School. They
Needed to
Go to
Work,
Or they
Needed to
Help their
Parents at
Work.
The kids
Worked
In factories,
And they
Needed to
Work to
Get
Money for
Their family.

By CN
Fourth Grade
06.04.2014

Chinese Immigrants

They needed
To work.
Some Chinese
Kids needed
To work also.
In the
Places that
They worked,
It was hot
Because there
Were no windows
That could
Open.
They worked
Doing laundry,
And they
Worked at
Other things
Too.
They needed
To work
Because they
Needed money
For their
Family.

By CN
Fourth Grade
06.04.2014

Haiku on Chinese Immigrants

Haiku

Chinese immigrants
Were really poor, so they left.
They had kids that worked.

By JO
Fourth Grade
06.04.2014

Detain

Detain is
To arrest or
To grab outside or inside,
To go to jail, or
Put him in jail when
They grab him.

By JE
05.2014

Shame

One day
Some of the
Kids feel bad,
And another
Day they feel
Embarrassed and
Shame.

By AV
05.2014

Interrogation

Interrogation means
When you are asking a lot
Of questions. When you cross to
Another country, and then they
Ask you a lot
Of questions like
When and where were you born
And all that.

By BM
05.2014

Exclude

This
Is what
Exclude
Means,
Not
On your
Team. Also
To not include,
And even
To
Leave out.

By AA
05.2014