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New Hampshire Acrostic
In this acrostic poem activity, students use the letters in the words New Hampshire to create an acrostic poem. Students write a 12 line poem.
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Performing Poetry
Students combine aspects of performance with reading and writing poetry.
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Autumn Acrostic Poem
For this autumn worksheet, students complete an acrostic poem using the word autumn. Worksheet has a fall color scheme and overall "look."
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Introduction to Ludwig van Beethoven
"Ode to la Tortilla" and "Ode to Joy"? Sure! Use Gary Soto's poem to introduce learners to the ode format. After examining the descriptive words Soto uses, class members study a poster of Ludwig van Beethoven, suggest words that describe...
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The Secret School
Fourth graders complete an activity with the book The Secret School by AVI. In this literacy lesson, 4th graders finish the story and write a Haiku poem describing their favorite part of the story.
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So You Want to Be A Poet?
Fourth graders study different types of poetry and then write examples in this unit. They write, among others, free verse, Diamante, Clerihew, and color poems.
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Prayers for Paankhenamun
Students find out about key attributes, characteristics, and roles of ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses by writing a letter or a poem asking them to welcome an Egyptian to the afterlife.
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Cinquain Poems
Fourth graders investigate the concept of composing a Cinquain poems. They copy a poem from a slide presentation given by the teacher. Students experiment changing the font in the poem. They also receive information about the format used...
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Fr ie n d s h ip, Self-esteem
Students brainstorm examples of activities that show friendship and illustrate them and explain below each picture what is happening. They hear a poem about friendship, watch a commercial about it, write a book about it and now they are...
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Alliteration
In this alliteration worksheet, 4th graders write alliterations with their first names, find rhyming patterns in poems, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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Jumbled Verses - Archie and Dale
In this poetry worksheet, 4th graders examine stanzas from a poem about Archie and Dale. They rearrange the stanzas so that they are put back in the proper order using events in the poems as clues.
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Contraction in Action
In this contraction worksheet, students read the sentences and contract the underlined words within each sentence. Students rewrite the poem with the contractions in place.
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Food Poems and Base Words
Students identify base words to decipher new vocabulary. In this vocabulary lesson, students complete a graphic organizer while reading about food and nutrition. Students discuss simple and complex endings when using words.
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PowerPoint Poems
Students identify how to play with poetry and create multi-media designs at the same time through PowerPoint. They select a poem of their own or a favorite published poem, and make it into a dancing, singing work of art as a PowerPoint...
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Native American Poetry
Fourth graders locate the poetry section of the LMC. They produce a hand written transparency based on the poem Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Students illustrate a poem from their poetry section. It is a mystery to them what...
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Painless Poetry
Students choose two poems they like and share them with the class. Then they write their own poems using various forms.
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Friendly Poetry
Students brainstorm qualities that they look for in a good friend. They use those qualities to write a class poem. They are to illustrate their poems with crayons or markers.
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Poetry in Motion
Students take strips of a poem on paper and put them into the correct sequence. There are many ways the poem can go together and students are surveyed on which one they like best.
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Design a Poet-T
Students gather poems they find of interest to them. They create a t-shrit with the poem and a design. They share their poems with the rest of the class.
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Poetry
Fourth graders participate in reading and listening to poetry. They are exposed to a variety of poems and examine and identify basic elements of poetry. They write their own poems and recite a poem with enthusiasm, expression, and props.
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Point Of View Poem
Students discuss a chapter from the book, The Phantom Toll Booth. They choose a common object and attempt to examine it from a different point of view. Using Kid Pix, students create a slide show for each line of their poem.
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Line It Up
Young scholars examine the structure of different poems by various artists. They discuss how the breaks in the poems change the way it is to be read. They also examine the use of tone in the poems.
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The Wind Poem
In this poetry worksheet, students read the poem The Wind and improve their rhyming skills. Students also improve their writing skills with the activity.