Guest Poet - Mrs. Gillin

     Today, we had a guest 'poet' or instructor - Mrs. Gillin (Ms. Merrick's mother) came to visit and teach about poetry.  Mrs. Gillin, who teaches Children's Literature at Washington College, was absolutely amazing.  Not only did she teach all 62 fifth graders at once, but she kept them engaged and on task for an HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTES.  It was inspiring!  The students ate chocolate pudding with gummy worms and 'frog cookies' to awaken their senses and wrote several poems.  They explored different vocabulary and poetic devices, as well.  They ended with a Calvert poem - a funny one about their teacher, and cereal poem. Ask your daughters to explain what cereal they are most like!