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i proud to be student poem

Answer 1

Today, I am here to share something I am passionate about and I think that everyone should teach in their classroom. It’s using POETRY in the classroom!



Not only do kids find poetry fun and engaging, they can learn how read through the repetition and rhyme it provides.

I introduce a poem of the week to my class. I write the poem out on sentence strips and post them in our big pocket chart. Then every morning, we choral read our poem and add actions.



We talk about the meaning of the poem and look for things like rhyming words.



I also provide my students with a copy of the poem to put into their poetry duo-tangs to read during Read to Self time. I also send a copy at home as part of their weekly homework.



I introduce a poem each week that suits our theme, the time of year, or celebrations going on.

My poem of the week resources feature a ton of poems for all your themes, celebrations, and topics of study.



I also use the poem to teach and reinforce various language arts skills. These activities are great for differentiation as they meet the needs of many students, on many levels.



I offer many options for learning the poem of the week. The activities are differentiated to meet the needs of all my little learners!

I have students re-write the poem out on lined paper. This helps them develop their fine motor and handwriting skills.



I let my students sit in front of the pocket chart to copy, use their poetry folders to copy, or try to write from memory.



Here is another option for writing out the poem. Students only need to finish each sentence. They must be reading and following the poem, in order to complete this correctly.



I like to have my students reading the poem as much as possible. This activity has them searching for words that rhyme and their sight words, as well as drawing a picture that goes along with the poem’s meaning.



There are 2 different activities where students are given a list of missing words and they must read the poem and write in the correct words. One of the activities has an additional place to draw a picture.



They must practice their reading skills to figure out which words from the word list go where.