BOOK GUIDES
April is National Poetry Month, but poems are fun year-round! Explore the world of poetry with activities for Poem Runs:…
WORKSHEETS
Students write a poem about eating, using the words provided.
After being inspired by reading Change Up: Baseball Poems, a book filled with poetry about baseball, students pick their…
LESSON PLANS
Students make lists of the don'ts they have heard in their lives, and they make them into a poem!
After reading a poem and a non-fiction book, students will identify whether a series of statements are true or false.
Use this poem to help students distinguish the cause effect relationships developed in the poem, and predict what…
ACTIVITIES
This assortment of activities will help your students to love nursery rhymes. These activities follow along classic…
This discussion guide for Applesauce Weather includes questions suitable for in-class discussion or reflective writing,…
This Christmas mini-project, focused around the classic holiday poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, is perfect for…
This packet of reading, writing, and poetry Christmas printables based on the poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, is…
This resource provides 4 poetry strategies and 3 poetry printable activities for how to teach poetry to elementary…
The poems in Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems explore the social and emotional issues facing middle-school…
Share with your class these 26 original works by celebrated English and American poets. Students will extend their…
Have fun teaching your students about poetry with questions, writing assignments, and drama activities that extend and…
Students write a poem about the invention of the wheel and then copy it onto a spinning wheel.
Use this poem to teach your students about the Statue of Liberty and what it stands for.
Students use the five senses to describe their favorite color. Plus, they explore the color wheel by solving color…
Share this letter by poet Joyce Sidman with your students. The letter features advice on how to write inspired,…
Steady Hands: Poems about Work will inspire your students to write their own poetry about jobs. They will investigate…
Print these colorful "I Love Poetry" logos onto a sheet of sticky labels, and you'll have your own stickers! Students…
Study the world of children's poet laureate Jack Prelutsky with this teacher's guide to 12 of his poetry collections.…
Use this activity kit to extend your class reading of the Katie Kazoo Switcheroo series.
Appreciate poetry and share it with one another during Poetry Month. Your student will love this activity, which goes…
Learn how to write concrete poems with these printable tips from Paul B. Janeczko. Share these tricks of the trade with…
