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Rubber Bands Cinquain
In this writing a cinquain poem about rubber bands activity, students read the history of rubber bands and directions telling how to write a cinquain and write the five line poem. Students write 1 poem.
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Creating and Presenting Haiku With Kid Pix
Students research the history and characteristics of haiku poetry using books and the Internet. They use Kid Pix to create and present original haiku.
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Spinning a Web
Lisa Trumbauer's big book, Spinning a Web, provides kids with an opportunity to practice word sequencing, to use correct punctuation, and to develop comprehension skills with a cloze reading evercise.
Freeology
Bio Poem Template
A template for the bio poem, a popular form poem, will come in handy at the beginning of the school year. Ask pairs to craft a bio poem for a partner, illustrate the poem, use the graphic to introduce his partner to the class, and then...
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Limericks
The teaching of how to write limericks is the focus of this presentation. Learners see verses such as: "There was an old man from Blackneath, Who sat down on his set of false teeth. He said, in his pain, 'I've done it again, I've bitten...
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Perfect Pig Book Reports
Students research information about pigs and their habits. They read fictional books or poetry that include pigs as main characters. Students desgin and create a poster-sized pig on which to write and illustrate a detailed book report...
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Very Voracious Animal Voices
Students draw a picture of an original animal and then write a poem with words that begin only with the same first letter as the animal. Individually, they must decide how it might sound, where it lives and eats. To end the instructional...
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Reading Check List: How many things can you read?
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...
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Responding To Rembrandt's Work Through Poetry
Students write poetry in response to Rembrandt's landscapes and portraits. They create accompanying illustrations based on interpretations of Rembrandt's work and present them along with the poems in book format.
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Watercolor and Poetry
Students create a watercolor painting of a color or an object that make the student feel a certain way. They describe how this color makes them feel through writing a short poem.
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Persevering Poetry
Young scholars practice perseverance by practicing and memorizing a poem. In this perseverance lesson plan, students see how their hard work pays off when they eventually memorize their poem.
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Parts of Speech Poetry
Students replace nouns, verbs, pronouns, and adjectives in a poem. They identify the parts of speech, and rewrite the poem using their own selection of parts of speech.
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Color Poems
Young scholars listen as the teacher reads several poems from the book "Hailstones and Halibut Bones," "My Many Colored Days," and a teacher created poem. Students choose a color and share some brainstorming ideas with the class. They...
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Poetry & Word Families
Learners study a word family before listing rhyming words in that family. They use the words to begin developing lines of poetry. They continue writing poetry individually and finally, they illustrate their work using graphic software.
School City of Hobart
Too Many Types Of Titles
Direct instruction on punctuation rules for titles is followed by collaborative practice in class. Two worksheets with aesthetically engaging graphic design provide practice. For 12 examples, small groups either underline, italicize, or...
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Write You Own Poem 'et'
In this rhyming words worksheet, students complete four exercises that help them use rhyming words to first write a silly sentence and then write a poem. Students use the words pet, wet, set, let, net, bet, vet, met, get, and jet.
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Write Your Own Poem 'en'
In this rhyming words instructional activity, students complete four exercises that help them use rhyming words to first write a silly sentence and then write a poem. Students use the words Ben, den, fen, hen, Len, men, pen, ten, and then.
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Write Your Own Poem 'in'
For this rhyming words worksheet, students complete four exercises that help them use rhyming words to first write a silly sentence and then write a poem. Students use the words bin, win, fin, din, pin, sin, tin, shin, thin, and chin.
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Write Your Own Poem 'op'
In this rhyming words activity, learners complete four activities that help them use rhyming words using a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern. Students complete a word find, pair the words that rhyme, and use the words in a silly sentence...
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Mexican Version of The Night Before Christmas (Middle, Language)
Students read a poem aloud called the "Mexican Version of the Night Before Christmas. They enact the scenes of the poem. They discuss variations of this poem both in English and Spanish.
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Review Poetry and the Simile and the Metaphor
Learners compile a list of the things they look for in a friend. Then they use that information to create a simple poem. Later they illustrate and display their poems.
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March Madness Poetry Tournmament
Students are exposed to a variety of poems, know elements of poetry, analyze poems, and make decisions by voting. They also share their own thoughts and opinions and listen to and respect the thoughts of their classmates as well. 64...
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Patchwork Adventure Poetry
Third graders explore poetry by completing a worksheet. In this poetry instructional activity, 3rd graders create a quilt using images students have drawn based on imagery. Students practice using vocabulary from the poem "Adventures...
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Halloween Poems
In this Halloween poetry worksheet, students read a collection of 9 short poems. Students illustrate each poem to show its meaning.