This is a simple way to make sure your students are exposed to poetry even though you have a full curriculum and very busy days. Gather some poetry books and them put on a shelf or in a crate. I actually put the books in a picnic basket and then stored them that way when we were not using them. Make sure you have all of the Shel Silverstein books. Children love that poet. Copy at least a weeks worth of the worksheet and put out near the poetry books or where you put papers for your students to access. Do one with the students to show what you expect of them. I would always demonstrate with one of my favorite childhood poems by Robert Louis Stevenson: 'The Swing'. Below is a sample with out the student drawing. Expectations for students: neat handwriting, detailed drawing, and neat coloring . This could be worked into a great center area if you wished. I assigned one a day during the month of April - National Poetry Month. This gave my Third Graders extra penmanship practice with cursive handwriting. You might end up with 20 completed for each child at the end of the month. This makes a nice booklet to send home or even a nice Mother's Day Gift.
This is a simple way to make sure your students are exposed to poetry even though you have a full curriculum and very busy days. Gather some poetry books and them put on a shelf or in a crate. I actually put the books in a picnic basket and then stored them that way when we were not using them. Make sure you have all of the Shel Silverstein books. Children love that poet. Copy at least a weeks worth of the worksheet and put out near the poetry books or where you put papers for your students to access. Do one with the students to show what you expect of them. I would always demonstrate with one of my favorite childhood poems by Robert Louis Stevenson: 'The Swing'. Below is a sample with out the student drawing. Expectations for students: neat handwriting, detailed drawing, and neat coloring . This could be worked into a great center area if you wished. I assigned one a day during the month of April - National Poetry Month. This gave my Third Graders extra penmanship practice with cursive handwriting. You might end up with 20 completed for each child at the end of the month. This makes a nice booklet to send home or even a nice Mother's Day Gift.
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