Telling Fibs in Third Grade

Fibonacci, a mathematician who lived during the 1200s, developed a number sequence named after him. Each number is added to the previous number to get the next number: 0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 and so on. 

Author Greg Pincus invented the “Fib” form of poetry, in which each consecutive line has the same number of syllables that appear in the Fibonacci sequence. The students wrote their own. Here are some of their creations:

I 

love 

cupcakes 

They are so 

yum. I really love 

them so much; they taste so awesome!

- M.A., Rm 18 

I 

love 

my fam-

ily and friends. 

They're very nice to 

be with on special occasions. 

- O.L., Rm 17 

Grass

is 

so good.

Goats love it, 

so we have to too. 

I knew it is good because munch! 

- K.B., Rm 17

Light

is 

brighter

than the dark.

So be bright at night.

Always be bright, never be dark.

- D.D., Rm 18

Life of tomatoes

Good

food

Tasty

Nutritious

Delicious flavor

Vegetables beat that! Boom boom boom.

- H.B., Rm 17

A

dog

is cute.

It plays fetch.

My dog brings back the

ball. My dog loves to eat my food.

- C.C., Rm 17

I

like

to play

with my cous-

ins and play gameboards

with my family and have a blast!

- L.B., Rm 17

Books.

Wow.

Read on

the soft ground.

Lots of history.

Figure out a large mystery.

Go to the library and have lots of fun reading.

- M.J., Rm 17

A 

cat 

she sat

drinking milk

outside on its mat.

The cat sat and napped dreaming of

chasing mice in its cozy house. During the night time,

she woke up with a startle to find the mouse was really there on the rug the whole time.

- C.S., Rm. 17

Run

run

climbing

up the hill

now down the mountain.

Hip hop hooray. Fastest person!

- S.S., Rm 17

Telling Fibs in Grade 4

Fibonacci, a mathematician who lived during the 1200s, developed a number sequence named after him. Each number is added to the previous number to get the next number: 0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 and so on.

Author Greg Pincus invented the “Fib” form of poetry, in which each consecutive line has the same number of syllables that appear in the Fibonacci sequence. The students wrote their own. Here are some of their creations:

Oh no!

I'm sick!

by that bug!

Its now on the rug!

I hope I will feel better soon.

I am feeling much better before the afternoon!

I guess those five-star rated, cherry flavored pills worked amazingly well, that is swell.

- C.S., Rm. 14

Autumn

Red,

green,

yellow

leaves. Get out-

side and enjoy the

breeze. It's a piece of cake to en-

joy today. Go out and play! Hip hip hooray!

- S.C., Rm. 14

My

show

will come

out on this

December 18.

The show is about Star Wars, yay.

- B.B., Rm 14

So

wow!

No way!

I got home and showed my mom and

dad my grade; it was an A! Yay!

"No way," said Mom. Yay Yay No Way Hey!

- C.P., Rm 14

Cold

It

is

colder

than a mon-

ster's cold sore. Ew! So

gross. I meant to say ice cream. Ew.

- N.C., Rm 14

I

am

a num-

my chicken

wing so don't eat me.

If you do, you will go to chick-

en wing jail, and you will learn your rules so listen up.

- M.D., Rm 14

Al-

though

I can't

see my friends,

I still can. You might

not understand. But I can with

my tablet so I can. I hate this pandemic.

- C.C., Rm 14

I

am

annoyed

with COVID,

because we have to

stay home and wear a mask. But ev-

ery one knows we love Ms. Moore's teaching because she 

does a lot of fun things. She loves teaching library; that is her favorite subject. Books!

- L.L., Rm 14

I

like

football.

Patriots,

they are the best team.

Play in Foxboro at Gilette.

They are the best team in the National Football League.

- G.Z., Rm 15

I

like

the snow,

but I like

summer sunny days

so I can jump in the pool. Yay!

- L.B., Rm 15

Run!

They

will hunt

you down 'til

sunrise once you touch

the hidden treasure items. The

torches will turn into blue flames and start smoking.

You can't hide from them. You can't survive from them. They won't stop 'til you return the items.

- K.L., Rm 15

I

love

ice cream.

I like it,

but not strawberry.

I also do not like blueberry.

- A.S., Rm 15

I

hate

worms, but

worms love apples.

When they see one, they

go crazy for one, then get crushed.

- T.C., Rm 15