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From the fourth grade classroom of
Anne Tinkel,
Study Elementary,
Fort Wayne, Indiana
(These have been posted on a bulletin board with the caption,
"Close Observing."):

 

My color strips remind me of:

the colors of the rainbow
little diamonds
clouds up in the sky
ear veins

               — Erik Quintana

 

My pine cone reminds me of:

a Christmas tree
the shell of a snail
a nest of birds
some lips
bananas on a tree

               — Viridiana Quintana

 

My leaf reminds me of:

a storm
lines on my hand
snake skin
turtle shells
fish

               — Viridiana Quintana

 

My fingerprint reminds me of:

spinning around for a long time
vibrations coming from the sky

               — Justin Walker

 

My pine cone reminds me of:

a tree with spikes sticking out
sharp tails
crackers
a paddle on a little boat
peanut butter
a bad hair day

               — Justin Walker

 

My wallpaper sample reminds me of:

green dinosaur eggs hatching
green broken bottles
carpet

               — Marcus Moser

 

My fingerprint reminds me of:

a black rainbow
a maze
a V
ocean waves

               — Marcus Moser

 

My pine cone reminds me of:

brown rocks
little holes
brown bark
dents in a car
big craters

               — Jeremiah Felix

 

My color strips remind me of:

train tracks
snowflakes in the winter
ants' eggs hills
little dots of a carpet

               — William Kohler

 

My pine cone reminds me of:

whale's teeth
rattlesnake
rhinoceros skin
beehive
a dress
a flower

               — Edith Trejo

 

My wallpaper sample reminds me of:

my old house in California
my sister's dress
my grandma's chair

               — Edith Trejo

 

My fingerprints remind me of:

worms
streets
swirly candy
wrinkles in my clothes
waves in the sea

               — Crystal Reed

 

My pine cone reminds me of:

a dark cave
nails
dirt inside of something
brown snakes
fins
a tongue
a pineapple

               — Crystal Reed

 

My pine cone reminds me of:

a cactus
branches on a tree
an eagle's wing

               — Tony Pattin

 

My pine cone reminds me of:

a porcupine
a pineapple
my hair

               — Caleb Hereford

 

My pine cone reminds me of:

bumpy hills
tree leaves
flowers
a star
a firecracker
blooming flowers

               — Jakeya Stabler

 

My pine cone reminds me of:

lots of tongues sticking out at me
waves
a dandelion
a butterfly

               — Carlena Jones

 

My pine cone reminds me of:

eggs for a bird with little curls on it
a snake dance in the ground
little snakes coming out of eggs
ice in a cup

               — Rubi Gaspar

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