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Curated OER

Giggle Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Poetry can be fun! To set your pupils giggling, have them listen to poems from If Kids Ruled the School by Bruce Lansky. Then, they can study the different types of poetry on www.gigglepoetry.com, and choose one form on which to base...
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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: "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: "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: "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: "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.