THE ITSY BITSY SPIDER - RYTHM POEMS

Dear grade 4 students,

Please read (or sing) the following:

THE ITSY BITSY SPIDER
WENT UP THE WATER SPOUT
DOWN CAME THE RAIN
AND WASHED THE SPIDER OUT
OUT CAME THE SUN
AND DRIED UP ALL THE RAIN
AND THE ITSY BITSY SPIDER
WENT UP THE SPOUT AGAIN

Can you tell us what type of courage the Itsy Bitsy spider showed us? Think of other poems or stories geared toward a younger audience that have messages of courage in them and share them with us.

Now please select someone that you know, know of, or read about in class, who has displayed courage. Use a web to brainstorm ideas and facts about this person.

Using this information create your own RHYTHM poem to the tune of The Itsy Bitsy Spider.

Have fun!
Mrs. Gagne, Mrs. Court

CHARLIE !
by KL 4r

Charlie had leukemia
He was ten years old
He went to camp Trillium
And had chemotherapy
he became bald
And stayed in hospitals
Doctors first thought it was a flu
But finally he survived

Subaru
by CP4r

Subaru wanted to sail
He trained for his journey
He brought along his GPS
And got everything ready
A few weeks later his GPS died
His automatic motor too
He came back home anyway
One mid September day!


SEAN GIDDINGS
by: SG 4g

I walk to school alone
And I'm honest to the bone
I'll stand up for myself
And I'm nice like an elf
I've been in a cave
And I'm very brave
I really like to travel
And I'd like to read a novel



MY GRANDPA
BYJH4G

My Grandpa was a man
Who fought in the war
He went to the desert
To stop Germany
The food was disgusting
But it kept him alive
At least he survived the war
And kept people alive

GUY DESCHAMPS
by BD4g

Guy Deschamps went to war
He was so scared to go
My mom was there
And she told him to go
After he came back
He wanted to go again
Again we were so proud
And the he came back home

FIREWOMAN
by: MP4g

The brave and courageous firewoman
That fight red hot flames
To save lots of lives
And to stop the fire
They risk their life
For others everyday
We can recognize them
By their dark red suits

AKIAK
by: Md-h 4g

Akiak was a great dog
Was pulled out of the race
Escaped from the helpers
And ran back to her spot
But the rules say she can't
Take her spot again
Then a racer gets lost
And she shows them where to go

MRS. GAGNE
by: SP 4g

Mrs. Gagne was a girl
Who was not shy
She liked to meet new children
And liked to play sports
She didn't like to be mean
She loved to be nice
She shows us courage every day
She goes in front of us


THE ENGINEER
by: ZT 4g

The engineer wasn't strong enough
He tried to lift a brick
He couldn't lift it
So he thought for a moment
He didn't give up
So the next day he did the same
The engineer was so determined
He got it and found fame

JAMES DUPPONT
by: TD 4G

James Dupont is my little brother
Got stitches 3 times
He fell off his bike
And he is still going
He loves his family
Very, very much
He loves trains they're his favorite
He's one determined 4 year old

SCIENTIST PRODUCT TESTER
by: MD 4g

The scientist was a man
Who tested dangerous products
He did not want to see kids
Swallow dangerous stuff
He's very courageous
To risk his life
Makes new products
And sometimes they're explosive

SOLDIERS
by: KB 4g

Soldiers are brave men
Who fight in the war
They could hide
But they still fight
maybe they are scared
And maybe they will die
But they protect our country
So we'd better thank them

THE POLICE MAN
by: CM 4g

Policeman are also called officers
They try to help people
They use cars for chases
They're always to the rescu
They use guns to fight peope
They work as a team
They wear badges
And show a lot of courage

JAMES TO THE RESCUE
by: DB 4g

James had a lot of courage
Because he saved his dad
By driving a truck
To go to get the neighbors
By helping his dad
James was on TV
He showed us we can still have courage
Even if we are young

SOLDIERS
by: AB 4g

Soldiers are people
Who battled in the war
They risk their lives
To save us and countries too
They work as a team
To keep our country safe
We're thankful to the soldiers
Who saved the day again!

SOLDIERS
by: JR 4g

The soldiers went to war
They had a dozen tanks
Eleven tanks blew up
They had to call back up
Some were terrified
but still they risked their lives
They finally won the war
So they could go back home!

GRAMPA IN THE WAR
by CP 4g

My grampa went to war
He was very poor
When he came home
He was all alone
At home he ate supper
And then he went to bed
he woke up and had a happy day
He was a grateful man

MRS. GAGNE
by KA-d 4g

Ms. Gagne likes kids
Ms. Gagne is not shy
She is not mean
She speaks up to the class
Ms. Gagne is proud
To be a teacher
She's really courageous
For being a teacher

SOLDIERS
by TJ 4g

Soldiers are courageous
They save us all the time
They use lots of tanks
To keep our country free
Some die to save us
They fight for our country
And some come back safely
Soldiers are very brave

TERRY FOX
by AS 4r

Terry Fox was a man
Who had cancer
He ran from door to door
With an artificial leg
He tried to fight his cancer
While on his way across Canada
He wanted to raise money
But he died along the way

Charlie's Story
by KY 4r

Charlie is ten
And has leukemia
He goes to the hospital
To get Chemotherapy
As he stepped into the room
He became bald
But now it's been 3 years
Since his last treatment

Lynn Larone
by GC 4r

My mom had Serena
And she was brave to keep her
Ser took medication
And went to the hospital
She came back home
And went to bed right away
next day she was fine
As fine as a new motor

The Many Adventures of Paul McLean
by AMcL 4r

First his life was saved
By a pig
Then he got married
To my beautiful mom
Helped people survive
After Hurricane katrina
Then went to Nigeria
Which is where he is right now

Terry Fox!
by KT 4R

Terry Fox was a man
Who had a wooden leg
He ran for cancer
And died on hi way
he raised money for cancer
So they can find a cure
Everyone remembers Terry
For what he did for cancer

My Cat COCO
by KL 4r

My favorite cat Coco
Was a very fat cat
But he helped me go to bed
His mom died when he was young
His mom died of cance
he was very sad
now he is such a strong cat
He is a good cat

Terry Fox
by IC-P 4r

Terry was a man
Who had cancer
He lost one of his legs
Terry ran for people
People gave him money
At the same time
We run on Terry Fox day
We give money too


Nina's Big Accident
by CB-B 4r

Nina spun around
Really really fast
Nina was crying
So her father went for help
Nina went to the doctor's
To see if they could help
Nina was okay
And she never did that again

James Allell
by JB 4r

Sister and brother
Were in a tractor
Dad screamed for help
The kids went out to help
They saw what was wrong
The combine was on daddy's leg
Daddy said "Go find help"
So James went to the neighbor's
They were not there
So he went somewhere else
And the other neighbor was home
To help them get their dad out
In the end
He was okay
Everyone was happy
That James had saved the day

Alexis Marois
by AM 4r

In the hockey finals
We were in the lead at first
And then they scored
So they were winning now
With 45 seconds left
We finally scored again
The with 4 seconds left
We won the gold medal

Louis Braille
by KW 4r

Louis Braille was blinded
At the age of three
He went to the academy
Where he worked on Braille
Even though no one liked him
He still worked on it
And he became a teacher
Now everybody liked him
He finished his idea
Just before he died
And he became famous
He helped blind people everywhere

Anthony Bissonnette
by AB 4r

When I was a baby
I fell down on my head
my mom called called the doctor
And the doctor said
I needed an operation
To be safe again
then I went back home
To sleep in my bed

Silken Laumann
By JA 4r

She crashed with a rower
with her single scull
And she broke her leg
then she wore a weird cast
She played in the Olympics
And got bronze medals
When she competed in Spain
It was hard on her leg