The clock

poem by Ruth Salles blackboard drawing by Beatriz Retz. . Tick-tock, tick-tock, time passes softly. The small pointer moves very slowly. Turn, turn now the big one, it turned very quickly. The minute goes by, ticking… it's gone! Dark night… People sleep, all nature sleeps. Night still… Suddenly… ticking, what…

The little boat

poem by Ruth Salles Blackboard drawing by teacher Ana Beatriz Ghirello . From the beach looking at the horizon, I see in the middle of the sea, a little boat that goes far, always, always sailing. Its sails are white, the color of the clouds in the sky. The little boat, in the distance, seems to be going aimlessly. Go to hell…

the dawn

by Ruth Salles poem in the Dactyl rhythm (long-short-short) Drawing with crayons by João Batista Conrado. Dactyl: ___vv (long-short-short). It acts by reinforcing consonants in speech; high-pitched speech benefits from this rhythm. It helps concentration and awakens to the understanding of the text. It strengthens the experience of speech itself. DAWN Over the horizon dawns…

Poetry

Learning with poetry by Rubens Salles “Speech is the activity that connects the human being to the world, to others and to himself, the teacher's role is to beautify and enrich it, including as a counterpoint to the virtual and audiovisual image that increasingly occupies a larger space in the lives of these children.”

caxinguelê

poem by Ruth Salles Blackboard drawing by teacher Verônica Calandra Martins. Look at the caxinguelê, serelepe chipmunk! Everything he looks at, he sees, from whatever branch he climbs. The tail, like a cloak, sometimes becomes a petticoat! Of dreams is the messenger and still makes them come true! – Come, bratty caxinguelê, and bring me…