We finished our Poetry Journals not too long ago, and I was super proud of their hard work. This post is going to be photos galore, but I j...
I like to spend a couple weeks each year teaching my students about poetry. We do a number of fun activities in addition to reading and wr...
I now offer free poetry activity worksheets, organized by grade level and type, for members of Poetry4kids as high-quality printable PDFs.
A second grade teaching blog by Amanda Madden.
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Engage your students in poetry by introducing poetry elements using these fun, unique poems and activities!
Use a poem of the week with kindergarten, first grade, or second grade students to boost their fluency and confidence during shared reading.
25 Types of Poetry
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Are you a fan of The Giving Tree? Use these free worksheets & poetry study printables to use alongside Shel Silverstein Poems.
Try these 7 useful ways to teach poetry in the classroom to excite students as they learn to read poems during centers and poetry read aloud.
As Grade 2 students continue to explore the genre of Poetry, we decided to experiment this week with Shape Poems. What is a shape poem? We looked at objects and talked about how each object has an identifiable simple shape. For example, the sun is the shape of a circle, a house can be the…
Haiku poems are unique 17 sylable poems that can illustrate the meaning of something or express feelings in just a few descriptive words. This type of poem is a great poem to start teaching children poetry. In the second grade students are learning...
I've put together 30 poetry activities for reading poetry, writing poems, and incorporating poetry into your other subjects and lesson plans.
Poetry is an important tool that can be used to reinforce many different skills. Learn about 12 different types of poems for kids.
Having trouble getting your students to embrace poetry? Try these poetry games and activities, with terrific options for every grade K-12.
Want to get kids to write a poem? Try to write a list poem. They're easy! You'll make two lists of nouns, verbs, or adjectives and put them together.
An Upper Elementary Collaborative blog written by 13 teachers. Includes teaching ideas and resources for grades 3, 4, and 5.
It's that time of year again... We've got just a few short weeks left with our kiddos. Let's be honest though, we're all tired. More like exhausted. Summer
