CHLOE'S BOXES

Chloe loves boxes.
She likes big boxes.
She uses them to build
wagons,
trains, 
planes,
and even rockets.

Chloe loves little boxes,
She uses them
to hold her
rocks,
feathers, 
stamps,
and pennies
like a bank.

Chloe loves to decorate
her boxes.
She colors,
paints,
glues,
and stickers 
her boxes.

Every year at Christmas
Chloe likes to give away
her boxes
to Mother,
to Father,
to her Grandmother,
to her brother
even to the postman.

But this box
Chloe has saved
especially for you.
Can you guess
what is inside?

Merry Christmas.


     Today can you write a poem about what Chloe put into your box?  What would you like it to be?  Have fun.

The Old Wagon

Rickety, crickety

the old wagon creeks

carrying goods

over hills

and peaks.

Rumbly, grumbly

the wheels turn round

over stones and sticks

in mud on the ground.

Clackety,  clankety

the cart is full of pans.

I think it sounds

like a heavy metal band,

says the old wagon man.

     Can you draw a picture of this old wooden cart?  You might enjoy reading Donald Hall's picture book, THE OXCART MAN.  What other things do you think the wagon man carried in his wagon?  Try writing a list poem about five things that might go in the cart.  If you had a cart, what would you do with it?