Yes sirree! April is National Poetry Month. (Thanks to Jill for reminding us on the “Math Month” post!) Do you like to read poetry aloud? I do! In fact, last night I read aloud a few silly poems by Jack Prelutsky and got the giggles. I simply had poetry on the brain and had to indulge myself. I’ve always felt poetry is a great way to motivate young readers and writers. What do you think? In today’s classrooms, are teachers able to make time for poetry?
Thanks for sharing!
Diane
We make time for poetry. Granted we don’t always have time for some of the more complicated pieces, but we make time for reading them and for writing short poems. They only take a few minutes to create and the kids love to read their poems aloud. On Monday my students wrote about test taking. One 5h grade girl wrote an ABC poem about test taking that when read aloud with feeling in her voice made her classmates laugh out loud. The poem needs to be revised and edited for viewing, but the enjoyment was in the sharing of it! My kids astound me with their pieces all the time…in a good way!
I read a short funny poem on occasion.
Today we made “magnetic” poems with Shel Silverstein’s National Poetry Month materials. The kids really enjoyed the break from test prep content!
I absolutely love Shel Silverstein’s poetry! 🙂
We celebrate all year with “Poetry Break”! Our teachers and staff share a favorite poem with all the building students by going room to room once a week. The teacher usually rings a bell as he/she enters and announces to the class, “It’s Poetry Break Time”! Sometimes the teachers even add props or costumes. We also began adding class presentations where our students performed for the other students. The teachers have also posted favorite poems in the hallways and taken students on a Poetry Walk–reading and sharing poetry all around the building. We love poetry!
My first graders keep a poetry binder. We read and illustrate many poems during the year. They love it and it exposes them to poetry in a fun way.
thanks. very nice