Written in Ink

Squids and poetry - a vivid literacy connection! This creative first grade teacher had me assist her during a squid dissection
project and a lesson on poetry. The highlight of the morning was when the kids wrote their names in squid ink retrieved from the ink sac in their squids innards. In between helping kids pop their squid's beaks out and locate the underside of the eyeballs, I wrote down their comments. Later, I read the "found" poetry aloud to them. My poem ended with the teacher's cheery question, "Who wants squid for lunch?" After we cleaned up the slime and disinfected the desks, I started working on a squid poetry link with the kids. The students were just starting to brainstorm sensory words when half the class from next door was shuttled into the room, due to an emergency involving the next door teacher's mother. (Real life - it happens.) So, I didn't get to see the actual poetry get written, but I do have a small slip of paper with my name written in squid ink. (Is that cool, or what?)