Riddle-Ku of the Day
?? ? I feel you watch me, wanting my hands to point to lunchtime or recess –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ?HINT 1:
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HINT 2:
Photos by Laura Purdie Salas
TITLE (AND ANSWER):
CLOCK
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12 Responses
My hands race around in a circle
Slow as a snail as fast as a rabbit
With a tick tick tick
Laura I like your poem glad your event went wail
I like your comparisons, Jessica. Thanks!
My hands race around in a circle
Slow as a snail as fast as a rabbit
With a tick tick tick
Laura I like your poem glad your event went wail
I like your comparisons, Jessica. Thanks!
At first I thought it was a teacher (tehe), then realized it couldn’t always be that. Now the older kids just check their phones-times changing!
Well, shoot. Even IN the classroom? I considered phones, but went with a traditional clock, thinking young students (k‑2) and classroom setting. The times, they are a‑changin’…Thanks, Linda!
At first I thought it was a teacher (tehe), then realized it couldn’t always be that. Now the older kids just check their phones-times changing!
Well, shoot. Even IN the classroom? I considered phones, but went with a traditional clock, thinking young students (k‑2) and classroom setting. The times, they are a‑changin’…Thanks, Linda!
My numbered oval
Pirouettes right on schedule ?
Dictating your life.
© Charles Waters 2014 all rights reserved.
Love the verb pirouettes–interesting contrast to dictating…
My numbered oval
Pirouettes right on schedule ?
Dictating your life.
© Charles Waters 2014 all rights reserved.
Love the verb pirouettes–interesting contrast to dictating…