FIREFLIES, by Julie Brinckloe

(RESPONSE TO LITERATURE THROUGH  POETRY)

fireflies

flying, glowing

eating other insects

mostly black, 6 legs, 2 antennae

lightning bugs

Cinquain poetry by Ms. Addison's 1st grade

"Firefly's Song"

I'm looking for a mate;

I fly around at night

And when I flash my tail,

It makes a yellow light.

                                                  - Mrs. Aslinger's  1st grade

"Boy's Song"

I saw fireflies last night;

Their glow lit up the sky.

I put them in a jar;

But they began to die.

So I opened the jar.

The fireflies flew away.

I smiled to think that they

would live another day.

by Mrs. Mathis' class

"Jar's Story"

A firefly's inside of me,

His light is growing dim.

Unless my lid is lifted,

His chance of living is slim.

- Mr Scott's & Ms. Overstreet's classes

  Fireflies...

    shimmering in the moonlight,

     dancing as they glow...

      I watch these fire bugs fly away

        and

       It's always an amazing sight.

       Do not try to catch them.

       Like us, they need to be free.

                                  - Dillin H. , grade 5                  

 Fireflies are

                Insects that have two

                                        Red spots on their heads,  compound

                                    Eyes, two antennae, and six legs. 

 Fireflies will

                  Light up at night with a

  Yellow glow.

              Informational acrostic - Mrs. Palmer's 5th grade class

Fireflies in the night

twinkling like faraway stars--

close enough to touch...

                  -Haiku by Mrs. Jackson's 4th grade

Three Couplets about Fireflies

Fireflies make little lights

That shine in the summer nights.

Fireflies glow in the dark;

You can catch them at the park.

The firefly's glow is so bright;

You can't see his body, only his light.

-by Ms. Grimes' kindergarten class

Outside I see a light;

I wonder what it is.

Is it a firefly's glow?

or light from distant stars?

I go outside to see

what's making all the light.

The sky is filled with fireflies.

What a wonderful sight!

    -Ms. Jones' 2nd grade

Tiny point of light

flickering in the dark sky,

You light up the night.

    Haiku by Mrs. Mitchell's 3rd grade

In the dark  fireflies make their flight.

Looking for mates, they glow in the night.

Couplet poem by Mrs. Cunningham's 1st grade

Fireflies blink off,

Fireflies blink on;

They dance around the moon,

They fly around the lawn.

Ms. Lewey's class &

Ms. Christman's class

Catch a firefly,

Let him go.

Watch a firefly,

He will glow.

   Mrs. Joseph's kindergarten

Fireflies! Let's catch them!

Go get a jar and meet me

outside on the lawn.

I see them. I reach forward

and grab one. Open the jar!

   -Point of View

  Tanka - Japanese poem

by Mrs. Jordan's 2nd class

Star light, star bright,

I see a firefly in the night.

Maybe I can, maybe I might

Catch a firefly tonight!

Mrs. Foster's class

Tiny golden  moons

in the black velvet darkness--

You light up the night!

Mrs. Pike's 2nd grade

It was getting dark,

I went outside,

Lights were flashing everywhere.

Fireflies flickered off and on--

Tiny fireballs in the night.

Joshua C. (Mr. O'Keefe's class)

I saw a light, shiny and bright;

A firefly flickered through the night.

Justin P. (Mr. O'Keefe's class)