Following current events and writing about them. Fifth grade students at Slingerlands Elementary received a shout out for their poems and raps. 

Every week in library, the students study current events by watching rap-style videos from a service called Flocabulary. In response to the news, students wrote poems and raps to enter the Flocabulary shout out contest. 

They won!! 

Watch the video above to hear some of the students’ poems and raps and how excited they are to be honored.