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- Internet Field Trips
- Poetic Wealth on the Web
K-2, 3-5, 6-8
Discover this great resource of poetry Web sites.
- Lesson Plans
- Ramona's World Activity Guide
K-2, 3-5
Find great activities to extend your class's reading of Ramona's World.
- Back-to-School Theme Unit
Early Childhood, K-2
Start the school year off smoothly by incorporating these engaging activities and ideas in your classroom.
- Butterfly Wings
Early Childhood, K-2
Enjoy a butterfly poem and learn about life cycles. (PDF) Source: Poem of the Week
- Chants and Street Rhymes
3-5, 6-8
Students explore old chants while learning to create their own. (PDF) Source: Writing Funny Bone Poems
- Clifford: A Grand Performance
Early Childhood
Learn and perform a silly poem and have a dog-gone good time.
- Color Fun
K-2
Integrate art, science, and writing with these color-filled activities.
- Community Poems
Early Childhood, K-2
Use these poems to enhance a unit on communities. (PDF) Source: Thematic Poems for the Classroom: Neighborhood & Communities
- Farm Poems
Early Childhood, K-2
Fun poems teach about farms, animals, and numbers. (PDF) Source: Thematic Poems for the Classroom: On the Farm
- Finding Material for Poetry
K-2, 3-5
How do you decide which poets to teach? Here's some help.
- Flag Day
K-2,
Create a pocket chart for activities that deal with June events like the advent of summer. (PDF) Source: Month-by-Month Pocket Charts
- Getting Started With Poetry
K-2
A wonderful guide to bringing the beauty of poetry into the classroom.
- I Spy Activity Archive
Early Childhood, K-2
Find a variety of activities based on I Spy to enjoy and build all sorts of skills.
- Literature Connections
K-2, 3-5
Highlight special days through the year with great children's literature selected to dovetail with those important calendar connections.
- Name Game
K-2
Use this poem to learn the names of animal young.
- National Poetry Month Theme Unit
Early Childhood, K-2
Celebrate National Poetry Month with activities across the curriculum.
- Piano Recitals
K-2
Find ideas for sharing this poem written by a second grader. (PDF) Source: Kids' Poems: Teaching Second Graders to Love Writing Poetry
- Poems About Me
Early Childhood, K-2
Students will have fun acting out these poems. (PDF) Source: Thematic Poems for the Classroom: All About Me!
- Poetry Library: April
K-2
Find poetry selections and related activities for Earth Day and spring.
- Poetry Quilt
K-2
Publish children's poems in a unique way by making a poetry quilt.
- Small Poems
3-5
Writing little poems offers kids a way to practice writing descriptive short poems that’s enormous fun. (PDF) Source: Kids' Poems: Teaching Third and Fourth Graders to Love Writing Poetry
- Teddy Bear Mini-Book
Early Childhood, K-2,
Make an original mini-book and use the "Teddy Bear" reproducible to use as a sing along mini-book. (PDF)
- The Farm Octopus
K-2, 3-5
Use this clever poem and questions to reinforce reading skills. (PDF) Source: Playful Poems That Build Reading Skills
- Unit Plan: Music without the Melody
6-8
Identify the elements of a poem such as form, rhyme scheme, author’s purpose, speaker, and the mood of the poem.
- Unit Plan: Poetry Slam
6-8
Begin a very exciting journey into the world of poems by learning the basic elements of poetry and holding a poetry slam.
- Unit Plan: Rhythm, Rhymes, and Reasons
3-5
Read and write haiku, cinquain, couplets, limericks, form poems, shape poems, and free verse.
- Unit Plan: Teaching Poetic Devices
6-8
Make a strong introduction for poetry by revealing the poetic devices embedded in music.
- Waxing Poetic
K-2, 3-5, 6-8
Meet the winners and runners-up of Instructor's Fifth Annual Poetry Contest for kids.
- Who Stole the Cookies?
Early Childhood, K-2
Sing this fun chant at snack time. (PDF) Source: The Great Big Book of Classroom Songs, Rhymes, and Cheers
- Word Play
Early Childhood
Read a silly poem and then encourage children to create their own.
- Word Splash
3-5
Dive in to learning with these fun, dynamic and easy-to-use lessons that build vocabulary and writing skills.
- Online Activities Teacher Guides
- Annie's Rhyme Time: Teacher's Guide
Lesson-planning suggestions for using Annie's Rhyme Time in the classroom.
- Write It Teacher's Guide
Teacher's guide for the online activity that allows students to find their voice, develop their craft, and publish their writing online.
- Writing With Writers Teacher's Guide
Teacher's guide for the Writing with Writers workshops.
- Reproducibles
- Creepy Crawlies (Poems)
Early Childhood, K-2
Practice phonics skills with these buggy poems. (PDF) Source: Thematic Poems for the Classroom: Creepy Crawlies
- Get Ready to Rhyme
K-2, 3-5
Pick a word from the box to make each pair of lines in the poem rhyme.
- Get Ready to Write
K-2
Work with a partner to retell a rhyme or poem in a new way.
- Nouns
K-2, 3-5
Learn about nouns by reading a poem and writing original poetry. (PDF) Source: 25 Great Grammar Poems With Activities
- Personification
K-2, 3-5
A poem written in the voice of the sky teaches personification. (PDF) Source: Fun 15-Minute Poetry-Writing Activities
- Shy
K-2, 3-5
This poem and related writing prompts are an excellent way for students to explore feelings. (PDF) Source: 50 Fantastic Poems With Wonderful Writing Prompts
- Transportation Poems
Early Childhood, K-2
Check out these cute poems about flight. (PDF) Source: Thematic Poetry: Transportation
- Weather Poems
Early Childhood, K-2
Check out these cute poems about the weather. (PDF) Source: Thematic Poetry: Whatever The Weather
- Write a Poem
K-2, 3-5
Try out poetry-writing with this fun activity.
- Writing an Acrostic
3-5, 6-8
Reinforce use of the "right words" when writing poetry by using this acrostic poem lesson plan. (PDF) Source: Teaching 10 Fabulous Forms of Poetry
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