What We Know

Today we read "Ballade" by Francios Villon. We talked about how we know things--how sometimes we know a whole thing by its parts. Or sometimes what we know reveals what we don't know. The students wrote some great poems. Take a look!


Ms. Mitchell 5th grade


I Know
Flor T.

I know my mom by her cooking.
I know my dad by his talking.
I know spring by kids playing.
I know reading by words.
I know everything but my sister.

I know words by letters.
I know flowers by their smell.
I know my teacher by her talking.
I know talking by reading.
I know myself.
I know everything but my sister.

I know my dad by his hard work.
I know people by their style.
I know my friends by being there.
I know everything but my sister.


I Know
Dylan M.

I know my dad by his hair
I know my mom by her voice
I know my sister with her crying
I know my neighbor by her laughter
I know a great book when I see one
I know I’m good at video games
I know how to milk a cow
I know when my grandma made good food
I know my friends when they talk
I know the weather when I feel it
I know what is ticklish


I Know
Annabel H.

I know my mom by her screaming
I know numbers by clothes
I know the steps of my sister when angry
I know my friend by her talk
I know my dog by her whining
I know the color by the tree
I know my dad by his knock


I Know
Delmar M.

I know the ATA airplanes from
the Southwest airplanes by the way
they fly in the air and how they
take off. I know the pit bull
from a rottweiler by the bark.
I know a truck from a car
by the engine.

I Know
Leslie P.

I know my mom by her food
I know a folder by its pockets
I know a girl by her long hair
I know a pixie by its wings
I know my grandma by her age
I know a mouse is a cat’s prey
I know a school by the kids
I know a park by the games
I know a restaurant by the food
I know they angels in the sky
I know beautiful times
But I don’t know if it would be
the end of the world.



Ms. Kennedy 5th grade


I Know
Shannon B.

I know a teacher by the way she looks
I know a child by the way she acts
I know a mother by the way she walks
I know a cow by the way it moos
I know the weather by the way it looks
I know a ball by its shape
I know an equation by its numbers
I know everything but how many licks
it takes to get to a tootsie roll pop

I know a clock by its tick
I know a chair by its squeak
I know a poet by its rhythm
I know everything I’m supposed
to know.

I Know
Sergio D.

I know the cup
by slurping it.
I know the birds
by their song. I
know the school
by it knowledge.
I know when it rains
the sky turns gray.


I Know
Rogelio J.

I know the sounds of my mom
I know the sound of the church
I know the bell of recess
I know the sound when I shoot
the ball
I know the sound of the rain
I know everything but myself.

I know god’s kindness
I know when my Dad comes
I know the devil’s playground
I know everything but myself.



Ms. Schaeffer 5th grade


I Know
Laura M.

I know dogs in stores
I know animals by their smell
I know Home Runs from high
I know water by the noise
I know the shoes when I see people in them
I know when people are mad
I know who makes paper airplanes
I know everything but myself.

I Know
Dominique B.

I know my mom by her shoe
I know Paris by the Eiffel Tower
I know my dad by his voice
I know my friends by their hair
I know my cousin by her hair
I will know everything but my inside

I know BBQ by the grill
I know fudge by the cake
I know my grandma by her glasses
I know my god-sisters by their size
I will know everything but my inside

I Know
Anareli L.

I know my brother by his English/Spanish accent
I know my friends by their skateboards
I know some of my other friends by their smell
I know Tony by his skateboard
I know fear by its face
I know everything but secrets

I know kids by their faces
I know when people are going to hit me
I know the anime’s name
I know death who devours all
I know everything but secrets

I Know
Guadalupe C.

I know the hand on the clock
I know my mom by her eyes
I know people by their cars
I know the plants by the leaves
I know the teacher by our lessons
I know the poems by the reader
I know the calculator by the numbers
I know all these things but myself.

I know the cup by the designs
I know the book by the words
I know the TV by the buttons
I know the words by the letters
I know the world by the names
I know my desk by the book in it
I know my friends by their shoes
I know all these things but myself.

I Know
Andres G.

I know the clipboard by the color.
I know the women by their voices.
I know sadness by the look
on the eye of fear.
I know everything but my mind.

I Know
Karen L.

I know my mom by her hair
I know the teacher by her voice
I know my brother by his hands
I know my dad by his voice
I know my house by the trees
I know my family by how they smell.

I Know
Jackie P.

I know Mexico by the way it smells
I know school by math
I know red by blood
I know scissors by paper
I know paper by pencils
I know baseball by sports
I know my favorite restaurant by the smell
I know fear by school
but I don’t know why I’m so tall.