Benjamin's Poetry

Benjamin's class had to write and perform poetry this year.  I was asked NOT to come to the poetry reading at school by my son, as he would be too nervous.   I respected his wishes, but really wanted to hear his readings...so I got a special one at home!  :) 

I have permission to share this poem (actually all of them) with my readers.  I know I am biased, but I think you may enjoy this one:

I Am Poem

I am jumpy

I wonder if I will break my other arm

I hear myself play videogames

I want xbox kinect

I am jumpy

I pretent I'm king of the universe

I feel happy when I eat a doughnut

I touch my ipod touch

I worry about my grades

I cry when I eat spicy food

I am jumpy

I understand math

I say "I scream you scream we all scream for ice cream"

I dream of eclipses

I try to understand social studies

I am jumpy

By Benjamin - Age 9

This week, Benjamin has started reading aloud to me in the car on our drive to and from school.  I have been enjoying this tremendously and we've had some good laughs about how he pronounces words.  For example, the word "thousand" was in a sentence (She was a thousand miles away).  He couldn't figure this out, but he has seen this word many times in a Math book.  He kept saying, "thoo sand" and looking puzzled.  I tried to get him to take it out of "English" and put it in a "Math" context.  When I finally had to pronounce it for him, he laughed really hard about his mistake. 

I hope you enjoy my silly stories about my child.  :)