The Best Part of Me A collection of poems and images by Ms. Hamilton’s 2nd grade students

Inspired by The Best Part of Me by Wendy Ewald

My Legs

I like my legs because they hold my feet and

without my feet I could not keep up with my

friends Lucas and Tomir and I could not play

basketball or football or soccer or baseball.

I have five toes on my feet. When I get dry skin

on my feet I don’t like it.

By Andrew

My Chest

It is brown and soft

And protects my heart

It helps me breath.

Sometimes it gets dirty

That I have to wash my chest

I dress myself

I love my chest

I like my chest

By Antonio

My Feet

I like my feet because I can play soccer with them and I run on them and without them I would not be able to walk and I would not be able to run I can dance with them and I can do gymnastics with them.

By Avery

My Hair

I like my hair because I see it blow in the wind.

It gets in my face sometimes and I frown. It’s really thick.

Sometimes I wear ponytails in my hair. Sometimes I wear

braids in my hair. I like getting it washed. I like going to the

salon to get it done. My hair is longer than my moms. My

hair is soft. People say that my hair is pretty.

By AYANA

My Brain

I can be smart that’s why I love my brain.

I can use it for a math problem.

It can help me through school.

I can use it for sports.

By Brayden

My Hands

They can shoot the basketball in to the basket

And help me kick the soccerball into the

Goal and it helps me hit a homerun at

Baseball. My hands look like they are blonde

and I have a freckle on my thumb.

By Brendan

My Hands

It looks tan with pink nail polish.

It feels a little pointy sometimes.

You can do lots with it

like paint it with nail polish on your fingernails

you can put rings on it and bracelets

all kinds of stuff

You can use it by writing

I like it if I didn’t have it I couldn’t write I love my beautiful hands.

The thing that makes it special is

it likes to be soft and hard and when I get hurt it is bloody.

But I like it it makes me cry

it makes me happy

it makes me sad

I love my hands.

By Brooke S.

My heart MY HEART IS WHAT MAKES MY BRAIN

WORK GOOD. MY HEART IS WHAT MAKES

FRIENDS. I LOVE MY HEART BECAUSE IT

CONTROLS MY BODY. MY HEART MAKES

MEHELPFUL. MY HEART MAKES ME LOVE

EVERY BODY. MY HEART MAKES ME LIKE

MY COUSIN RAMSEY EVEN THOUGH I

DON’T LIKE HIM. MY HEART IS WHAT

MAKES ME LIKE PEOPLE I DON’T EVEN.

THAT IS WAY I LIKE MY HEART.

BY CHLOE

My Legs

My legs are straight

I love my legs because they help me swim, dance, jump, walk, and run

My legs are rough

My legs go back and forth

My legs let me run fast

My legs are skinny

My legs have bones in them.

By Emily

My Legs

I can dance to the beat

I can race on field day and I can beat everyone

in the school

I can skate on ice and can shoot baskets

I can play soccer

Also I can put on my pants

I can swing so high I can touch the sky I can

climb up the beautiful trees I can swim and kick

my legs and the fish can touch my pretty legs

also my HAPPY legs make me very so happy

I can jump so high I can slide down when I

touch the ground I can kick my legs I can walk

to my mom’s house I can do kart wheels

By Jaleah

My Legs

My legs move to the beat when

I swing my feet with the

little riddle beat when I skate

to the country music beat I

skate so high I can touch the

sky and that’s why I love my

legs

By Jasmine

My Hands

They protect my body when somebody hits me

In sports when I play basketball they help me

shoot the ball in and when I play football I can

throw the ball and win a touchdown and when I

ride my scooter I can turn the wheel and when

I fall I can hold me up and I don’t hurt myself

By James

My Hair

I like my hair because it is my favorite color blond. My hair feels very smooth. My hair flaps in the wind when it is windy. My hair is fun to twist because it is smooth. And my hair is straight. I like my hair down. I like my wavy hair. I love my great hair .And it is short.

By Jane

My Hands

I love my hands. Because I just love them. My hands control my actions, they play with my toys, and most of all they hold

stuff that I want to touch. I chew my nails but my mom and dad get on me a lot

about chewing my nails. But I chew them in my room without nobody knowing. My

hands get shocked in the dark when I touch a plug. I do not like getting my hands hurt.

Sometimes I get mad and go to sleep on them because my pillows fall off my bed and I don’t want to get them. My sister

comes into my room sometimes and makes my hands feel better with an ice pack,

because she cares and loves me a lot like my mom and dad. I can play games and basketball with my hands. It sometimes

helps me to use my hands for almost everything I do.

By Kaylah

My Legs

I can run fast with my legs

My legs help me walk fast

My legs are the best

They can be smooth or hard

I like my legs

I can take dance with my legs

And I can go to my house and walk

I can go outside and play in the tree

By Kyra

My Legs

I love my legs

because I can run very fast

and I can beat people in races

and if I didn’t have my legs

I would not beat nobody and I would lose

They help me play football.

they are very, very great to me.

by Lucas

MY NECK by Quameka

When I roll my head it touch my neck

I can put a lot of jewelry on my neck

I can put my hands on my beautiful neck

My mom puts her beautiful hands on my neck

My dad put his beautiful hands on my neck

My grandma puts her pearls on my neck

When I whip my hair it touch my neck

When I’m mad my shirt touch my neck

When I’m sad my sister put her hands around my neck

I love my neck so much it makes me happy

When I do sit ups my chin touch my neck

I love my neck so much.

My Teeth!

I love my teeth

I eat with them

I eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches

I sing with my teeth

I brush my teeth everyday

My teeth are shiny and clean

By Tariah

My Legs

They jump for me or I can’t jump on something

It feels good when I jump and run with them

and dance with them

They move back and forth

They are very fun to me it makes me HAPPY

they are very cool to me

They can be together and not together

And when I go to the beach and they touch

the sand it feels very very good and some times

when I have not been to the beach in a long

time and I think of the sand it kind of tickles

and when I get dressed and put my shoes on

and that is another reason why I like my legs

they are very very very cool to me

By: Riley

My Hair I like my hair because it is curly. It can be straight

when I want it to. I also have a pink strip in my hair.

My mom also has curly hair and so does my

grandma. I also like my hair because when I wake

up my hair is not messy. It goes around my family. I

like my hair because it easy to straighten it.

By: Ramsey

My Legs

I can beat people in races. And if I didn’t

have my legs I would not beat nobody and I

would lose. And I play basketball with my

legs. And I will beat my friends. And I can

play football with them. And I can stand up

with my legs. And if I didn’t have my legs

and I would never beat nobody. If I didn’t

have my legs I would not get to walk. And I

can run all day long and I will get tired and

I will have to drink water. And I will beat my

brother and my sister. And I will beat my

cousin too. And one day I’ll be on my

favorite team. I’ll play football and

basketball and play baseball too. And one

day I’ll get to throw the football long and

somebody will catch the football. I Love my

legs because I can run very fast and quick.

By Tomir