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Introduction to Ludwig van Beethoven

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
"Ode to la Tortilla" and "Ode to Joy"? Sure! Use Gary Soto's poem to introduce learners to the ode format. After examining the descriptive words Soto uses, class members study a poster of Ludwig van Beethoven, suggest words that describe...
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Clerihew

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore how to create a Cherihew poem. They know that a Cherihew is a poem. Students write their own Cherihew poem. They are given examples of of a Cherihew. Students are shown that the poem has four lines and is often written...
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Arthur Meets the President - Lesson 5

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students type acrostic poems. For this poetry lesson, students read stories and poems written by other children and use a word processing program to type their own acrostic poems.
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Haiku

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars discuss haiku poems and how they are written with a certain number of syllables in each line. They look at examples and then write their own haiku poems and publish them on the computer.
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Johnny Appleseed

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars listen to a story about Johnny Appleseed while learning about how Johnny contributed to history. Students brainstorm rhyming words and write a poem using those words.
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Preparation -- The Right Way to Help and FOrm for Poetic Reflection

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students prepare for their service learning project by listening to a representative from the Lake Michigan Federation. They volunteer their time to clean up the coast line. They reflect on the event by writing a poem about their...
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The Time I Got Lost

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders go through the writing process but substitute paper and pencil with the computer to create a story about "The Time I Got Lost".
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Look at What I Did at School!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use an outline to write a letter to their parents sharing their week at school.
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Marine Life Writing Paper

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this writing worksheet, students write on lined paper decorated with a colorful border of fish. Students may use this for poetry, stories, journals, or letters.
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Toads and Frogs Writing Paper

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this writing worksheet, students write on lined paper decorated with a colorful border of realistic frogs and toads. Students may use this for poetry, stories, journals, reports or letters.
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St. Patrick's Day Writing Paper

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this writing worksheet, students use the blank lined paper with a colorful St. Patrick's Day border for any kind of writing; reports, poetry, stories or letters.
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Something About Me

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students write a list poem based on a word that describes them. The teacher uses the poems to compile a book about students in the class.
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Cloud Haiku

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners listen as a haiku is read by the teacher, determining what season is being portrayed in the poem. Students work together as a class and create a model haiku, then complete a worksheet, completing their own poem. Learners will...
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Cinquain Poems

For Teachers 2nd - 10th
Students write five-line, diamond shaped poems that are very easy to write then submit one through an automatic PIZZAZZ form.
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Auto-Bio Poem

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create an autobiographical poem. In this writing lesson, students write an eleven line autobiopoem after read the teacher's model. Students include their name, fears, and family in the poem.
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Mother's Day

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students construct Mother's Day cards. In this holiday lesson, students use art supplies to create Mother's Day cards. Students may include an acrostic poem about their mother or a coupon book for their mother.
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Introduce Vocabulary: My Chinatown: One Year in Poems

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students work in small groups assessing the meaning of new vocabulary words. Students record vocabulary in a word journal or discovery chart.
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Teachers.Net Toy Parade (Elementary, Reading/Writing

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Children bring in a toy, favorite or otherwise, and describe it using adjectives and adverbs. They fold a piece of paper into two columns, and list the adjectives on one side, and the adverbs on the other.
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Subject Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine subject poems and brainstorm a list of possible topics for their own poems. They create a poem using the letters of the subject they are writing about to begin each line. Then they present their work to the class.
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Painless Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students choose two poems they like and share them with the class. Then they write their own poems using various forms.
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Navajo Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students listen to Navajo poetry and create various responses to what they have heard. Students may create an illustration for the poems, create an original work of poetry, or write about how the poem relates to Native American culture.
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News Poetry

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders select a small item in a newspaper and then dramatize it in a well-constructed poem. They share their poems with the class.
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A Sneaky Poem

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders incorporate a subject and its synonym, and the parts of speech to create a Sneaky Poem. After a lecture/demo, 3rd graders begin writing their poems, and have their classmates act as peer reviewers before final submission.
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Poetry in Weather

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify various types of clouds and write poetry about the weather.

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