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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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Lesson Plan
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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Lesson Plan
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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Lesson Plan
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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Lesson Plan
Meadowbrook Press

Giggle Poetry: "My Doggy Ate My Homework" Poetry Theater

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In "My Doggy Ate My Homework," students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Dave Crawley in If Kids Ruled the School, students will dramatize a poem about a student who tells his teacher that his dog cooked...