April is National Poetry Month
Celebrating National Poetry Month is a fantastic way to encourage students to write creatively, play with words, expand vocabulary, learn about rhyming, introducing forms of poetry, and more than likely meet a standard or two along the way. Have fun while checking out some of the sites/ideas listed below.
Taking Words For a Stroll - a blog of original poems
Think Kid Think - Offers a March Madness of poems competition where the "authlete" (author athlete) needs to incorporate an assigned word into his/her poem, use technical elements including poetic standards, creativity, and more!
A Year of Reading - a blog celebrating National Poetry Month
Poems for Your Pocket - Poetry.org offers Poems for Your Pocket and much, much more!
Laura Purdie Salas celebrates National Poetry Month with a daily Riddle-ku - Riddle-ku? It is a poem written from the point of view of objects or animals following the traditional 5-7-5 form of haiku. The idea is for students to guess who or what has written the poem. What a fun way to celebrate National Poetry Month by reading one each day! Check out her website to learn more!
Poetry Foundation - a fabulous website of poems including Poems good for children.
Integrating Daily Poetry in the Classroom: 5 Tools to Support Your Efforts - This article by Brett Vogelsinger shares some great ideas to integrate poetry into your classroom including playing Magnetic Poetry online!
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