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Poetry Shared Reading
Students explore poetry. In this poetry lesson, students discover the qualities of good writing and the characteristics of poetry. Students practice reading poems in different ways. Studnets also discuss the mood of the poem and the...
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Dragon Alliterations
You don't have to slay the dragon in this activity. Young writers review poetic devices with a set of worksheets about alliteration and similes. Once they finish waxing poetic about their dragon friends, they craft a final acrostic poem.
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Ode to the Earth: Magnetic Poetry
Students explore Earth Day by creating an arts and crafts project. In this nature appreciation lesson plan, students utilize nature related vocabulary terms on magnets and put them in different orders to create interesting poetry....
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Patchwork Adventure Poetry
Third graders explore poetry by completing a worksheet. In this poetry lesson, 3rd graders create a quilt using images students have drawn based on imagery. Students practice using vocabulary from the poem "Adventures of Isabel."
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Dinosaur Acrostic Poem
In this language arts worksheet, students use the letters in the word DINOSAUR to begin each line of an acrostic poem about dinosaurs.
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Write You Own Poem 'et'
In this rhyming words worksheet, students complete four exercises that help them use rhyming words to first write a silly sentence and then write a poem. Students use the words pet, wet, set, let, net, bet, vet, met, get, and jet.
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Write Your Own Poem 'en'
In this rhyming words learning exercise, students complete four exercises that help them use rhyming words to first write a silly sentence and then write a poem. Students use the words Ben, den, fen, hen, Len, men, pen, ten, and then.
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Write Your Own Poem 'in'
In this rhyming words worksheet, students complete four exercises that help them use rhyming words to first write a silly sentence and then write a poem. Students use the words bin, win, fin, din, pin, sin, tin, shin, thin, and chin.
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Noun Poem
In these noun worksheets, students learn how to identify and use nouns by reading the noun poem and then finding several examples of nouns. Students list their example nouns on the lines and create their own noun poem using the template.
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Every Day Edit - National Poetry Month
For this everyday editing learning exercise, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about National Poetry Month. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.
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Poet Analysis: Ciaran Carson
Students analyze lyrics and narration by reading poetry. In this language arts lesson, students read and examine the poem Belfast Confetti. Students discuss the topics and questions asked by the author Ciaran Carson.
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Using Poems, Quotations, and Proverbs
Students explore activities to practice saying words, sounds, and music in English. They read short poems and famous sayings of philosophers, historians, and politicians. They select proverbs and tongue twisters to practice reciting them.
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You Too Can Haiku: How to Write a Haiku
Students explore language arts by writing their own poems. For this haiku lesson, students investigate the Japanese culture and their beautiful music, poetry and art. Students count the syllables in every line of a haiku poem and write...
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The Pledge of Allegiance
Young scholars explore U.S. history by identifying American symbolism. In this American Flag instructional activity, students read the poem "The Flag" by M. Hubbard and define the symbolism of the colors and stripes within the U.S. flag....
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Write Your Own Poem Letter R
In this word blends worksheet, students use one of the given blends to make up rhyming pairs. Students use the pairs to make silly sentences and a rhyming poem. Students think of other rhyming words for their poem.
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'At' Poem
In this rhyming words learning exercise, learners complete four exercises that help them categorize rhyming words and then use those words in a silly sentence. Students then write a poem with the rhyming words.
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Write Your Own Poem 'ill'
In this rhyming words worksheet, students complete four exercises that help them use rhyming words to first write a silly sentence and then write a poem. Students use the words Bill, fill, gill, hill, Jill, Lill, pill, mill, sill, till,...
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Write Your Own Poem 'ip'
In this rhyming words worksheet, students complete four activities that help them learn rhyming words that have a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern. Students do a word find, a rhymed pairing, a silly sentence, and poem.
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Write Your Own Poem Letter L
In this word sounds worksheet, learners use one of the l blends to make rhyming pairs. Students use the words to then make sentences and then two lines that rhyme. Learners finish by thinking of more rhyming words for their poem.
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March Madness Poetry Tournmament
Learners are exposed to a variety of poems, know elements of poetry, analyze poems, and make decisions by voting. They also share their own thoughts and opinions and listen to and respect the thoughts of their classmates as well. 64...
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Friendship Cinquain
Invite your class to share their appreciation of one another through the work of a Valentine's Day cinquain poem. Scholars use their knowledge of their classmates to describe them through adjectives, action verbs, and a complete sentence.
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Finding Synonyms
Student identify synonyms in poetry. In this grammar lesson, students define what a synonym is and view several examples on the board. Students read a selected poem on an overhead transparency and circle the synonyms.
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Limericks
Introduce your class to the limerick with a focus on the form and its history. Resource is short on procedure, but contains useful suggestions about where to look for school-appropriate limericks for young readers. Examine the...
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Developing Reading Fluency: Selecting a Text and Practicing Reading Aloud
Young readers continue to strengthen their fluency skills with a text of their choosing. The teacher first engages the class with an audio recording or read-aloud of a short poem, modeling for children how to read fluently. Next it's...
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