+
Worksheet
Curated OER

March Acrostic Poem

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, students use the letters MARCH to begin each line of an acrostic poem about the month of March.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Memorial Day Acrostic Poem

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this acrostic poem worksheet, students use the letters in word "Memorial" to write an acrostic poem.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

School-Home Links Poetry

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this poetry worksheet, learners complete a homework assignment in which they choose a poetry book and copy a poem from the book or write an original poem.
+
Activity
Curated OER

Valentine Handprint Poem

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students make a handprint underneath a Valentine poem to give to their parents. In this Valentine poem lesson plan, students also glue conversation hearts around the edge of the page for a border.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Oceans-A Fact Haiku

For Teachers K - 4th
Students create haiku poems. In this poetry activity, students listen to the sound of the ocean from an audio file and write a haiku poem about oceans.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Utah Acrostic

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this acrostic poem worksheet, students use the letters in the word Utah to create an acrostic poem. Students write a 4 line acrostic poem.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Poetry to the Core

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine several examples of poetry in the six lessons of this unit. The lessons focus on five poetic forms, couplets, quatrains, limericks, Haiku, and free verse.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

All About Me - A Poem

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders brainstorm unique qualities they possess in a All About Me worksheet. They write free verse poems about things that most people don't know about them. They brainstorm descriptive words to enhance their poems and rewrite them.
+
Unit Plan
1
1
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nature Walk: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 2)

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Walking in nature is the theme of a unit designed to support English language development lessons. Scholars look, write, speak, and move to explore topics such as camping, woodland animals, instruments,...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Friendship Cinquains

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners discover that a cinquain is a simple five-line poem that follows a pattern. They interview a friend and use what they learn to write a cinquain about that person. As an added touch, each of the poems are written inside the shape...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

African American Poetry: Family and Traditions

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students are introduced to the elements of African-American poetry. As a class, they are read different types of poems to discover there are different styles of poems and practice rhyming words. They share information on their family...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Color of Poetry

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students listen to a story about colors and then write their own color poems.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Self-portrait Poem

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice naming various features or parts of their bodies using similes and vivid adjectives. The format is extended to poetic expressions as they develop a self-portrait and extend the creative experience through art.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Printable Poem Starter: Write a Limerick for St. Patrick's Day

For Students 2nd - 3rd
This shamrock-shaped graphic organizer helps students set up a limerick based on a few sample lines. Students are prompted on which lines should rhyme, and how many syllables each line should have. Once they are finished, the shamrocks...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Circus Acrostic Poem

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this language arts worksheet, students write an acrostic poem using the letters CIRCUS. Students write their poem inside a circus tent design.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Acrostic Poem Plan: Archery

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this acrostic poem worksheet, students write 5 or 6 words that start with each letter in the word archery. Students relate the words to traffic safety and then write the acrostic poem with the words.
+
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Word Recognition Strategies Using Nursery Rhymes

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
As a class, scholars read the poems, Humpty Dumpty, Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater, and Jack and Jill, in order to identify words with the same ending sound. Using their rhyming skills, learners brainstorm additional words...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

February Acrostic Poem

For Students 1st - 4th
In this poetry worksheet, students use the letters in the word February to write an acrostic poem on a page that has a picture of a groundhog and an amethyst at the top.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Poetry Immersion

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore the genre of poetry through centers. They listen to the sound of poems being read aloud, visualize individual poems and observe and apply line breaks in poetry.
+
Unit Plan
Curated OER

Poetry in Motion

For Teachers 2nd
Students expand their understanding and appreciation for poetry. In this poetry unit lesson, students complete 5 unit sections of multiple day activities to learn about poetry and its devices or forms.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What is a Haiku? How Do You Write a Haiku?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Haiku poetry is explored in this language arts lesson. Yong readers identify the characteristics of haiku and read several examples. Students make connections between their study of Japan and the poetic form of haiku, and they write...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading Check List: How many things can you read?

For Students K - 4th
Diversify your young readers' at-home reading habits with this activity. This handout consists of a list of 24 different types of reading materials from newspapers and how-to books to science fiction and poetry. The goal is for students...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Gwendolyn Brooks

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students write a poem. In this writing lesson plan, students learn about Gwendolyn Brooks, a famous poet. Students discuss shape poetry and how it is written. Students choose an object from nature and write their own shape poem.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fall

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read "Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf" then they brainstorm words about fall that begin with the letters F, A, and L. They compose and decorate their own acrostic poem then they write a Fall story and complete a final copy in the computer...

Other popular searches