WORKSHEETS
This advice from Paul Janeczko will help you and your pupils read and write poetry. Use these tips about concrete…
Share these poems with your students as a tribute to the women of Mercury 13, a secret NASA program to test women pilots…
BOOK GUIDES
Use the resources in this literature guide to Speak to engage students in a thoughtful discussion about the serious and…
Learn about the life and works of Russian writer Alexander Pushkin with this word search.
Learn how to write a guyku with these poetry instructions written in haiku.
Need ideas for haikus? Use these printable guyku inspiration cards to assign poem topics.
Make your own guyku inspiration cards with this printable template. Each card should feature a topic for a haiku poem.
Discover fun ways for students to show off, display, and share their poems.
Children complete the nursery rhyme, find the words in the puzzle, and wind their way through a maze in these…
Can your students channel the writing skills of Cody Mack, the Poetic Genius at Splurch Academy, in this creative…
The thematic and curriculum connections in this teacher's guide for Miss Emily are correlated with Common Core ELA…
ASSESSMENT
Familiarize students with famous poets' names while they alphabetize this list.
Leave Your Sleep is a collection of classic children's poetry set to music by Natalie Merchant and illustrated by…
TEACHING RESOURCE
Explore the forest floor this fall, with this autumn themed poetry activity for the elementary classroom. Students will…
Many African-American poets have made important contributions to the literary world.
PROJECTS
Celebrate Valentine's Day with this love sonnet poetry project! This themed packet includes a fun and engaging poetry…
Try a printable poetry activity that focuses on writing a haiku about the characteristics of living things.
Explore the forest floor this fall, with this autumn-themed simile poem activity for the elementary classroom. Students…
Demonstrate how to write a guyku with this illustrated haiku about baseball.
ACTIVITIES
This festive packet, inspired by the classic poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, features a menu of Christmas ELA…
Increase social studies skills with an activity that has students writing a poem about being an American citizen.
Explore the outdoors this fall, with this autumn-themed poetry project. Students will learn poetry, observational…
EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Celebrate Christmas in your classroom with some of the classic books and poems that honor the season. Our literature…
Give this poetry template to students so they can easily write and illustrate their own guyku-haiku.