BOOK GUIDES
Leave Your Sleep is a collection of classic children's poetry set to music by Natalie Merchant and illustrated by…
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,…
WORKSHEETS
Share these poems through daily podcasts or readings with your students and enjoy poetry during National Poetry Month in…
In this activity, students will learn why some events anticipate other events. Then they will write a poem about a…
Share the story of Nikki Giovanni with your students, and assign the related activities to help them learn more about…
Use this poem to teach your students about the Statue of Liberty and what it stands for.
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…
Students write a poem about the Holocaust and illustrate it.
Students write a poem about the invention of the wheel and then copy it onto a spinning wheel.
The poems in Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems explore the social and emotional issues facing middle-school…
EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Explore different types of poetry with your elementary students through the writing activities and prompts in this…
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…
Learn how to write concrete poems with these printable tips from Paul B. Janeczko. Share these tricks of the trade with…
TEACHING RESOURCE
Explore the outdoors this fall, with this autumn-themed poetry project. Students will learn poetry, observational…
This festive packet, inspired by the classic poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, features a menu of Christmas ELA…
April is National Poetry Month! This themed packet was designed for elementary students, and includes a variety of…
LESSON PLANS
Students create an acrostic poem for fall.
In this printable computer activity, students practice formatting in word processing, as they create acrostic poems for…
In this poetry activity, students will be asked to demonstrate their knowledge of cause and effect.
In this activity, students explore the possibilities for nonverbal communication and emotion.
