I Don't Understand...
September 2006
This page was last updated on: October 22, 2015
Fifth grade children have very concrete ideas about things they understand and things they don't! In continuing to explore poetry in list form, we identified things we did and did not understand in the world around us. We continue to practice writing process skills and use our classroom computers to gain ongoing experience with the available technology. Enjoy our creativity and thoughtfulness!
Pennsylvania Academic Standards continued to be met with this writing project:
1.1.5 Learning to Read Independently
1.2.5 Reading Critically in All Content Areas
1.3.5 Reading, Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
1.4.5 Types of Writing
1.5.5 Quality of Writing
3.7.5 Technological Devices
I'm Not Sure...
I don't understand
Why money dosesn't grow on trees
Why recess isn't extended
Why cows from California make better cheese
But most of all
Why do cats not like water
Why is everything so expensive
Why do dogs like to chase cats
What I understand most is
Why video games are so fantastic
Why peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are so delicious
Why football is so awesome
Kaitlyn
I Don't Understand...
I don't understand
Why math can be so difficult
Why communication is so hard and complicated
Why TV works like is does... it is unfamiliar
But most of all
Why planes can sail across the sky
Why skyscrapers don't just fall over
Why horses can run so swiftly
What I understand most is
Why a clarinet makes different sounds
Why my name is Kaitlyn
Why school is so difficult
I Don't Understand...
I don't understand
Why my sister hogs the computer
Why my brother doesn't play with me
Why math is so easy for me
But most of all
Why bears eat my garbage
Why I like cats
Why the scientists call Pluto a dwarf planet
What I understand most is
Why leaves turn different colors
Why the sky is blue
Why the clouds stay in the sky
What I Understand and What I Don't...
I don't understand
Why humans can't spread their wings and soar through the sky
Why so many people love meatballs
Why the lockers in the middle school are so tall
But most of all
Why my brother and I have to share a room when we move
Why I have to go to bed at 9:30
Why it doesn't snow until we freeze in the summer
What I understand most is
Why the Mets are going to win the MLB World Series
Why word searches are more fun when you play with a friend
Why people adore walnuts
I Don't Understand Why...
I don't understand
Why most people like creamy, chunky peanut butter
Why white is not considered a color
Why some people don't like animals
But most of all
Why people can't touch fish
Why some people have freckles
Why some people don't like lots and lots of glistening snow
What I understand most is
Why everyone likes the Jets
Why people like bouncy trampolines
Why going swimming is fun
I Don't Understand...
I don't understand
Why Chihuahuas have such humungous ears
Why cats aren't man's best friend
Why books are so long
But most of all
Why people have to use money
Why hard work has to be so manual
Why we have to use textbooks in school
What I understand most is
Why people created the Internet
Why reading books is enjoyable
Why leaves turn green
Anthony
I Don't Understand...
I don't understand
Why we need to be in school one year in and one year out
Why people argue
Why we need to stay in school all day
But most of all
Why when people have fun it ends
Why people destroy nature
Why there is so much violence in the world
What I understand most is
Why activities are fun
Why people sometimes cooperate with each other
Why I'm always in my room
Fernando
There's A Lot I Don't Understand Like...
I don't understand
Why the alien mask I ordered online was $30.00
Why Open House is so early in the year
Why my sister doesn't admire the game Destroy All Humans
But most of all
Why my sister can stay on the computer all day
Why recess seems shorter this year
Why my sister can heed to Fall Out Boy all day
What I understand most is
Why I treasure the game Destroy All Humans
Why I have to go to school
Why I cherish Halloween
Why?? ...
I don't understand
Why McDonald's has cheap toys that little kids love
Why I have to do everything
Why the popcorn in the lunchroom's cruddy
But most of all
Why my cat hates babies
Why I am doing this poem
Why rap makes no sense
What I understand most is
Why the computers in the classroom are stupid
Why people fall for cheap commercials selling garbage
Why I am not stupid
