Poetry by First Graders
Solar System Poetry
Written by Advanced First Graders from Bay Shore
Space Trip
By Tracy
Come away to a far away place
Where beautiful stars in the Milky Way race.
There is a solar system to explore
Full of planets galore.
As we start our space trip
We see a lot of craters
We also see the flaming sun.
Earth is wet. Venus is dry.
Venus is super duper hot.
And Earth can be hot
Earth has oxygen and it has mostly water.
People live on Earth.
Jupiter
by Tracy
Enormous, jumbo like
Immense, colossal
Fifth from the sun
Barely visible rings
Has seventeen moons
A Riddle
by Tracy
I’m hot like fire.
I am a big, fat, ball of gas.
I am a star that gives off light.
I am really, really, really, really, really bright.
Who am I?
The Sun
Space Journey
by Max
Come with me to a far away planet
Where comets shoot towards the Milky Way
There is a solar system to explore
Full of planets galore.
As we start our space journey
We see a lot of craters
Mercury orbits around the sun very fast
But it rotates slowly.
Wouldn’t it be fun to explore
Venus which we really can’t
And we can’t explore Mercury
But Earth we can explore.
Riddle
by Max
I am 93 million miles away from the Earth.
I am hot as fire,
I am a star. I am a fat ball of gas. I am very immense.
I keep the Earth lighted.
But when I turn away from the Earth, it is dark.
What am I?
The Sun
Mercury
by Max
Mercury is a rocky planet.
Blazing, blazing, blazing
The blazing planet
Orbits around the fiery sun.
Venus
by Max
Venus is a very hot planet.
It is a planet not a star.
It has poisonous clouds.
Venus is the second planet next to the sun.
Venus doesn’t have satellites.
Saturn
by Max
Saturn is the sixth planet from the star which is the sun.
Saturn’s rings are made of ice, dirt, and rock.
Saturn has seven rings.
There are nine planets in the solar system.
One of them is Saturn. Saturn is made of gas.
It has twenty four moons.
Saturn is the second largest planet.
Jupiter
by Max C
Gigantic, colossal
Mammoth, massive, immense
Between Mars and Saturn
Has seventeen moons
The most amazing fact that I know is that
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.
Lead Me to the Place
by Max
Earth, Earth
Lead me to the place
Where Mars is full of big rocks
Lead me to the place
Where Jupiter is full of deadly gases.
Lead me to the place
Where Saturn is full of smelly gasses.
Lead me to the place
Where Uranus if full of blue gases.
Lead me to the place
Where Neptune is full of gases that are bad.
Lead me to the place
Where Pluto is away from every planet in the solar system
Come Away
by Kendall
Come away to a far planet
Where astronauts jump and play all day.
There’s a solar system to explore
Full of planets galore
As we start our spaceship
We see the flaming sun.
It 93 million miles away from the Earth.
It takes one year for the Earth to go around.
It is bright light.
Mercury
by Kendall
Steaming, steaming, steaming
The steaming planet
Spins around hot sun
It has lots of craters.
Its name is Mercury.
Jupiter
by Kendall
Humungous, gigantic
Enormous, colossal
Barely visible rings
Has seventeen moons
It is the fifth and largest.
But the thing that amazes me the most
Is that Jupiter can fit 1,000 Earths inside it.
Saturn
by Kendall
Saturn is a planet that has rings.
Saturn is 887million miles away from the sun.
Saturn’s rings are made of ice, dust and rock.
Pluto
by Kendall
Pluto, Pluto lead me away
Lead me to the place where Neptune’s spot is.
Neptune, Neptune lead me away
Lead me away to where Uranus’s gases surround it.
Jupiter
by Brad C.
Gigantic, enormous
Humungous, mammoth
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun.
It is the largest gas giant.
Jupiter has the Great Red Spot
Earth does not
Jupiter has 17 moon.
It is between Mars and Saturn.
What Am I?
by Brad C
I am a star.
I am hot like fire.
I am huge.
I am 93 million miles away.
What am I?
The Sun
Venus
by Brad T
Venus is blazing hot with poisonous gases
Venus is the hottest planet.
It has a lot of carbon dioxide.
Venus and Earth are called sister planets.
Venus is about the same size as Earth.
Earth is mostly wet.
Venus has deadly gases.
Saturn
by Brad T.
Saturn is made of gas.
Saturn has seven rings.
It is the sixth planet from the sun.
Saturn’s rings are made of ice water and dry ice.
Lead Me Away
by Brad C
Earth, Earth
Lead me to the place
Where Venus gives off deadly gases
Venus, Venus lead me to the place
Where Jupiter plays
Jupiter, Jupiter
Lead me to the place
Where Neptune lays
Neptune, Neptune
Lead me to Mercury hot and bright
Our Space Tour
by Brad T
Come with me far away
Where planets live in a Milky Way.
As we start our space tour
We have planets to explore.
Mercury is hot and cold.
Anyway that’s a known.
If we don’t go too far
We could see Mars!
Let’s explore and find some more!
Venus is made out of deadly gases.
There is Earth made out of a lot of water.
Here comes Mars. Mars is made out of rocks.
Jupiter is a gas giant.
Saturn takes eleven years to get around the sun.
Uranus is tipped on it’s side.
Neptune has a dark blue spot.
Pluto is cold not hot.
The Sun
by Brad T
Enormous, huge
A ball of gas making light
A medium size star
All nine planets go around me.
Jupiter
by Brad T
Colossal, mammoth
Really big, jumbo big
Largest gas giant
Barely visible rings
Our Planets
by Brad T
Mercury, Mercury hot and bright
Lead me away to Earth.
Earth, Earth with water
Lead me to Venus
Venus, Venus made out of rocks
surrounded by deadly gases
Lead me away to Pluto.
Pluto, Pluto cold every day
Lead me anywhere.
Jupiter
by Brad T
Jupiter has the Great Red Spot
You could fit three Earths in its Red Spot
It has 17 moons
Jupiter has the Great Red Spot
Saturn (an informative paragraph)
by Brad T
Saturn takes eleven years to get around the sun. Saturn has twenty four moons. Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun. It’s rings are made of rock, ice, and dust.
Riddle
by Brad T
Question: Why is the universe so stinky?
Answer: Because of the balls of gas.
Exploring the Solar System
by Julianne G
Come with me to a really cool place
There is a solar system to explore
With planets galore
Let’s start our solar system tour
Mercury is such a rocky planet.
Anyway that’s what I read.
If by chance we go too far
We’ll pass Pluto and its moon, Charon.
Now let’s go to Venus and Earth
Venus is surrounded by deadly gases and is very dry
Earth has oxygen and is mostly wet.
Now let’s explore and find some more
There is Mercury.
I think I see one more. There goes Neptune…
Now let’s explore and find some more.
Mars is called the red planet.
Here comes Jupiter.
Jupiter has the Great Red Spot
Its the largest plant
In our solar system.
Saturn has rings made of ice, rock, and dirt or dust.
Uranus looks like it’s tipped on its side.
There goes Neptune with its Great Blue Spot
Pluto with its moon Charon is the last planet.
What Am I?
By Julianne G
I am 93 million miles away from the Earth.
(That’s about 150 million km.)
I am a big, fat ball of gas.
Nine planets orbit around me.
What am I?
The sun!
Jupiter
by Julianne G
Colossal, super-duper-big
Enormous, humungous
Has the Great Red Spot
Largest gas giant
But the most amazing thing is
1000 Earths could fit inside of it.
My name is Jupiter.
If you see a Great Red Spot
Then that’s Jupiter
I wonder if it’s hot
It has barely- visible rings
A thick atmosphere too.
It is 483,6000,000 miles from the sun.
Saturn
by Julianne G
Saturn is the sixth planet of the nine planets
of our solar system. Saturn has rings made of ice, rock, and dirt and dust. Saturn has moons – twenty four at least.
It is a gas planet. Saturn is the second largest planet in our solar system.
What Am I?
by Christiana B
I’m just a star
I’m a huge star.
You could fit one million Earths inside me.
I’m a big, fat ball of gas.
All nine planets rotate around me.
What am I?
I am the Sun!
A Journey to Our Solar System
by Christiana B
Come with me to our solar system.
There’s a whole bunch of planets to explore.
As we start our solar system journey
I see planet Mercury.
That’s a hot and rocky planet.
Venus is dry and Earth is wet.
Venus has deadly gases. It is the hottest planet.
Earth has mostly water and less land.
If we go too far
We’ll miss Pluto and its moon Charon.
Venus
by Christiana B
Venus is the second planet next to the sun and it is 67 million miles away from the sun. It doesn’t have any satellites. Venus’s atmosphere has a lot of carbon dioxide gases on it. It never rains on Venus because it is too hot for rain to form.
Jupiter
by Christiana B
Gigantic, humungous
Enormous, super-duper-big
Barely visible rings
Has the Great Red Spot
The thing that amazes me is that it takes
Twelve years to orbit around he sun
And spins on its axis every ten hours.
It is the biggest planet.
It is the fourth brightest object in the sky.
Jupiter’s rings were discovered by Voyager 1
Saturn
by Christiana B
Saturn is the sixth farthest planet form the sun.
It rotates in about eleven Earth hours.
It has at least twenty four moons.
Its rings are made of ice, rock, and dirt or dust.
Riddle
by Christiana B
It is the sixth farthest planet from the sun.
It rotates in about eleven Earth hours.
It has at least twenty four moons.
It’s rings are made of ice, rock, and dirt or dust.
What is it?
Lead Me Away
by Christiana B
Pluto, Pluto
Lead the way to Jupiter
Jupiter, Jupiter,
Lead the way to Mercury
Mercury, Mercury
Lead the way to Saturn.
Saturn, Saturn
Lead the way to Earth.
Planets Galore
by Tracy
Mercury, Mercury
Lead me to the place
Where Venus gives off deadly gases.
Venus, Venus lead me to the place
Where Mars is rocky.
Jupiter, Jupiter lead me to the place
Where Earth is.
Earth, Earth,
Lead me to the place
Where Saturn has beautiful rings.
Saturn, Saturn,
Take me to the place
Where Uranus plays.
Summarizing a story via a poem was a common practice but not the only activity. Prior to writing the following poetry, the class enjoyed listening and reading poetry from day one. They often used the rhythm of their favorite poems to summarize a story.
After we read about each planet, some students went to the public library and brought in books to share about the Solar System.
Next, we reread Fireflies, Fireflies, Light by Jonathan London Ill. by Linda Messier.
“Fireflies, fireflies, light my way.
Lead me to the place...
Where turtles play.
Turtles, turtles, dive so deep.
Lead me to the place...”
etc.
It was London’s rhythm and structure that some of the children used to write a poem about the planets.
When reading/studying the planets a list of characteristics were listed on a large chart for each planet. We made a list of juicy adjectives that were met in the readings. Those words in turn were embellished with the use of the Thesaurus. Before writing began we reviewed the list of characteristics of each planet.
Poem of the Jungle
Unknown author
A good spring board for new ideas:
“Come with me to far away
Where the leopard loves to play.
There’s a jungle to explore
Full of animals galore
As we start our jungle walk,
We will hear a parrot squawk.
Parrot’s such a noisy bird.
Anyway, that’s what I’ve heard.
If by chance we walk to far,
We’ll come to where the lions are.
Instead of roaring, this one’s snoring.
Oh, what fun to go exploring!
We’ll hear frogs croaking as we go.
Some leap high and some leap low.
It will be fun, don’t you agree,
With all these animals to see?
If we look up very high,
We will see the jungle sky.
Butterflies fly here and there,
Like bright petals in the air.
If we see a big green smile,
It might be a crocodile.
If that croc asks you to play,
Reply, “Perhaps another day.”
If we look down to the floor,
We’ll see beetles, bugs, and more.
They run quickly to and fro,
Going where bugs like to go.
If we start to feel too hot,
We can find a place that’s hot.
Elephant will keep us cool,
Splashed by water in his pool.
At last we’ll have to say “GOODBYE!”
We’ll wave to tigers we pass by
Oh, won’t you come to far away
On a jungle holiday?”
Descriptive Poems About Loved Ones
First Grade Poems
Grandpa
by Kendall
Watches TV
Plays with me
Writes to me, too!
Reads to me
Is so funny
Loves me, too!
Mom
by Julianne
Loves me
Reads to me
Kisses me, too
Yes, Mom!
Cooks for me
Eats with me
Does dishes, too
Hurray for Mom
I love you!
Mom
by Tracy
Plays with me!
Watches TV with me!
Runs with me, too!
Jumps with me
Reads with me
Loves me, too
Mom
by Christiana
Does homework with me
Hikes with me
Plays with me, too!
Kisses me
Reads to me
Hugs me, too
Is kind to me
Makes me laugh, too!
Dad
by Max
Plays with me
Cooks with me
Does homework with me too.
Yes!
Mom
by Max
Loves me
Read to me
Hugs me, too
Yes!
Kisses me
Plays with me
Cooks with me, too
Yes!
Poppy
by Brad T.
Get a Poppy
Have a poppy
Bring a poppy
Yes!
Love a poppy
Hug a poppy
Kiss a poppy
Yes!
Fisty and Stormy
by Brad C.
They’re furry
Playful
Like hugs, too!
They like sticks
Play with me
Like TV, too!
I love them
Play with them
Get stuck in places, too!
Dad
by Brad C.
Laser technician
Best cook
Plays with me, too
Loves me
Reads with me
Swims with me, too
First Grade Accelerated
January
Submitted by Mrs. DeFalco
Trickster Tale
By Christiana
One sunny summer morning, Monkey and Mouse wanted to have a race in the forest to see who could run the fastest. On Monday they met each other. Then they started to race but Mouse tricked the Monkey. Mouse pretended to have an asthma attack. Monkey stopped, “Are you OK?” asked Monkey? “No,” said Mouse weakly. Take me to the closest cave and lay me down. You can leave me there alone,” said Mouse. Monkey went to the river to get some water for Mouse. Mouse raced ahead. Then Mouse won the race.
The Lion and the Monkey
By Max T.
One summer day in Africa, a lion rose in the sun. A monkey was swinging in the tree. The lion wanted to eat that monkey, the monkey looked so good to eat. Then the lion said, “Hey Monkey, want to go race to that fruit?” “Sure!” said Monkey.
They started to race. The monkey tricked the lion. He knew there was a short cut to the fruit tree. He went through the short-cut, grabbed the fruit, and swung back to the tree. “The trick worked!” said Monkey
Dog and Squirrel
By Kendall
One sunny day in the backyard of a tall house lived a fat squirrel and a brown and black spotted dog. On the longest day of summer squirrel came while Dog was getting a bath. Squirrel wanted a laugh. Squirrel jumped in and splashed dog’s owner. Dog’s owner got angry and banished Dog from the backyard. Dog said, “It is not my fault!” “Why should I believe you?” his owner asked. Squirrel chuckled.
Mouse and Lion
by Brad T.,
In a meadow lived a mouse. One summer day a lion saw the mouse. “Look how much meat!” said the lion. “I know where there’s lots of meat. Meet me at the lake,” said Mouse. So the lion went home to sleep.
So the next day they met at the lake. Mouse made a shadow puppet the shape of meat. The lion dove in the water to eat it. He drowned and Mouse lived happily ever after.
Rat and Cat
by Tracy
Once upon a time in the cool meadow lived a rat and a cat. They never got along. But one day Rat found a big apple tree. Cat saw the tree. They got in a fight about who would get the top and who would get the bottom. Finally they figured it out. Cat would get the top of the apple tree and Rat would get the bottom. They planted their part. After awhile Cat came back and said, “Rat, my tree won’t grow and yours is growing. You cheated me! How can I punish you? By throwing you in the lake or by putting you on the top of the mountain?”
Rat said, “Anything. Just don’t put me in the hole!”
“I’ll put you in the hole,” said Cat.
“Did you know my real home is the hole?? Asked Rat.
“Oh drats !“ said Cat. “Now I can’t eat him” Cat said, “Rats!” and for the rest of the year Cat left Rat alone.
The end.
Anansi and Turtle
By Brad C
One day Anansi was in a banana and was eating it. Turtle came to eat. Anansi saw him and started to talk. Turtle was scared so he took it to the water but before he could take it under the water, he saw Anansi and yelled, “You scared me! Now what should I do? Should I put thorns in your bed or should I kill you?” “Do anything but please, oh please, don’t put me in a web,” said Anansi.
“Then I will put you in a web!” said Turtle.
Anansi and the Turtle
By Julianne
One hot day by the lake Anansi was hungry and climbed into a banana. Turtle was swimming in the lake by the banana trees. He went to the tree to get some bananas but before he could get there, he heard a voice. .It was coming from the bananas.
Anansi said, “Don’t eat me! Don’t eat me!.” I don’t taste good!” Turtle was very surprised. “I should bring this to the prince,” said Turtle. So he started down the road..
When he bumped into Monkey. Monkey asked, “Where are you going with that banana?”
“I am going to bring it to the prince,” said Turtle.
“But the prince has millions of bananas why are you bringing it to the prince?” said Monkey.”
“But this is a talking banana!” said Turtle.
They also ran into Mouse, Cat, and Dog. Finally they made it to the prince. “What is this?” asked the prince.
“This is a talking banana!” said Turtle.
“That’s ridiculous!” laughed the prince.
“Ridiculous!” shouted all the animals. So the prince cut the banana to see if anything was inside. There was Anansi. The prince was surprised. “A spider?!” screamed the prince. “I hate spiders!”
“Nothing to be afraid of. I’m harmless,” said Anansi.
He made friends with Anansi and put her back in a tree.
Rabbit and Lion
By Brad T
In a meadow lived a rabbit. He was going to the forest but before he got there a lion raced to him. The rabbit said, “I surrender!” Lion was about to eat rabbit but rabbit hopped away as lion opened his mouth. The lion slammed shut his mouth and thought he had Rabbit. Instead he broke a tooth and lion never went near rabbit again.
Mouse and Lion
by Brad T.,
In a meadow lived a mouse. One summer day a lion saw the mouse. “Look how much meat!” said the lion. “I know where there’s lots of meat. Meet me at the lake,” said Mouse. So the lion went home to sleep.
So the next day they met at the lake. Mouse made a shadow puppet the shape of meat. The lion dove in the water to eat it. He drowned and Mouse lived happily ever after.
Rat and Cat
by Tracy
Once upon a time in the cool meadow lived a rat and a cat. They never got along. But one day Rat found a big apple tree. Cat saw the tree. They got in a fight about who would get the top and who would get the bottom. Finally they figured it out. Cat would get the top of the apple tree and Rat would get the bottom. They planted their part. After awhile Cat came back and said, “Rat, my tree won’t grow and yours is growing. You cheated me! How can I punish you? By throwing you in the lake or by putting you on the top of the mountain?”
Rat said, “Anything. Just don’t put me in the hole!”
“I’ll put you in the hole,” said Cat.
“Did you know my real home is the hole?? Asked Rat.
“Oh drats !“ said Cat. “Now I can’t eat him” Cat said, “Rats!” and for the rest of the year Cat left Rat alone.
The end.
Anansi and Turtle
By Brad C
One day Anansi was in a banana and was eating it. Turtle came to eat. Anansi saw him and started to talk. Turtle was scared so he took it to the water but before he could take it under the water, he saw Anansi and yelled, “You scared me! Now what should I do? Should I put thorns in your bed or should I kill you?” “Do anything but please, oh please, don’t put me in a web,” said Anansi.
“Then I will put you in a web!” said Turtle.
“Ha! I tricked you. Didn’t you know my real home is a web?
Anansi and Rabbit
by Tracy
One sunny summer day in the field, Anansi the spider was looking down in Rabbit’s garden looking at the red ripe apple. Anansi was much too lazy to grow them himself. When Rabbit went in to take a nap, Anansi found something sharp and bored a hole in the apple and went in. When Rabbit woke up she went outside and Anansi said, “Rabbit, let’s play a game like Monoply.” The end.
