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"Giggle Poetry" Theater

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students read and perform "Giggle Poetry Theater." In small groups, they read the poems, collect props, rehearse, and present their poem to their classmates.
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Theater: "Mithing Tooth" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In "Mithing Tooth", students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from Kenn Nesbitt's The Aliens Have Landed at Our School!'s poem, students will dramatize a poem about a child who is missing a tooth and gets upsets when his...
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "Don't Suck Your Thumb" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In "Don't Suck Your Thumb", students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in If Pigs Could Fly, And Other Deep Thoughts, students will dramatize a poem about a child who finds a substitute for...
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "Empty Headed" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In "Empty Voices", students will participate in a poem in many voices. Adapted from the poem by Linda J. Knaus in Miles of Smiles, students will dramatize a poem that describes all of the crazy things that they have seen.
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "When the Bubble Burst" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In "When the Bubble Burst", students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in If Pigs Could Fly, And Other Deep Thoughts, students will dramatize a poem about a child who gets in trouble for...
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "We're Going Skiing" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In "We're Going Skiing", students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from I Hope I Don't Strike Out!'s poem by Eric Ode, students will dramatize a poem about a child who gets a surprise when she goes skiing.
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "A Lesson Learned" Poetry Theater: A Poem in Two Voices

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In "A Lesson Learned", students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework! and If Pigs Could Fly, And Other Deep Thoughts, students will dramatize a poem about a skydiver...
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "Ish!" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In "Ish!," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a child debates eating fish with his grandmother.
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "Samantha Cinderella Scott" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In "Samantha Cinderella Scott," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Kenn Nesbitt in When the Teacher Isn't Looking, students will dramatize a poem about a doctor telling a child that a shot isn't...
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "How to Torture Your Teacher" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In "How to Torture Your Teacher," students will participate in a poem in nine voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in No More Homework! No More Tests!, students will dramatize a poem that gives advice to students about how to...
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "How to Torture Your Students" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In "How to Torture Your Students," students will participate in a poem in nine voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in If Kids Ruled the School, teachers are given advice for how to torment their students.
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "How to Delay Your Bedtime" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In "How to Delay Your Bedtime," students will participate in a poem in four voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a child who tries to delay his bedtime.
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "Get Out of Bed!" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In "Get Out of Bed!," learners will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Diane Z. Shore in If Kids Ruled the School, students will dramatize a poem about a child who pretends to be sick so that he doesn't have to...
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "Bad Baxter Barton" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In "Bad Baxter Barton," students will participate in a dramatization of a poem. Adapted from the poem "Bad Baxter Barton" originally published in Tall Tales of the Wild West (And a Few Short Ones) by Eric Ode, students will assume roles...
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "My Violin" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In "My Violin," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a child who causes problems at home whenever he plays his violin.
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "Stop Sniffling!" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In "Stop Sniffling!," learners will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a child who learns the importance of blowing his nose.
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "Out of Control" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In "Out of Control," students will participate in a poem in eleven voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in If Pigs Could Fly, And Other Deep Thoughts, students will dramatize a poem about a remote that mysteriously flips through...
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "The Kindergarden Concert" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In "The Kindergarden Concert," young scholars will participate in a poem in eight voices. Adapted from the poem by Robert Pottle in I'm Allergic to School, students will dramatize a poem about a concert that a kindergarten class performs.
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "The Bus" Poetry Theater: A Poem in 12 Voices

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This activity uses the poem entitled "The Bus" and is adapted by Robert Pottle from the collection entitled I'm Allergic to School, published by Meadowbrook Press. Students will share the responsibility of reading lines of this poem...
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "Turn Off the Tv!" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In "Turn Off the TV!," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize watching television with their parents.
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "I Went to the Doctor" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In "I Went to the Doctor," students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Kenn Nesbitt in The Aliens Have Landed, students will dramatize a poem about a sick child who goes to the doctor and gets a shot.
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "I Call First!" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In "I Call First!," learners will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Ted Scheu in If Kids Ruled the School, students will dramatize a poem about a student who wants to be the first in everything but learns...
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "My Thumbies" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In "My Thumbies" poetry theater, students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a mother who is trying to get her child to stop...
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Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "My New Pet" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In "My New Pet," students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in Miles of Smiles, students will dramatize a poem about a child tries to make a choice about which pet to buy.