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"Quack Said the Billy-goat"

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read the poem together, "Quack Said the Billy-goat" and discuss what makes the poem funny and which words rhyme. They observe the teacher writing a new first verse, changing some of the text, but leaving the original rhyme...
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Important Arkansas People

For Teachers K
Famous people in the history of Arkansas are the focus of a history lesson for kindergartners. Pupils identify important Arkansas citizens, such as President Bill Clinton. They create an illustrated poem that features some of the...
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Writing Limericks

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders compose or create works of communication for specific audiences and purposes. They locate, access, and select relevant information from a variety of sources. They revise and edit their work to improve content, organization...
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Classic Poetry

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders review the terms narrative and classic poetry. They are introduced to SMUGGLER'S SONG and compare the structure to recently read poetry. They join in on the refrain reading the story together as a class.
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Rabbits Rhymes and Finger Plays

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students sing songs about bunnies and pick out the rhyming words. In this rhyming lesson plan, students develop an understanding of rhyming words at the end of each verse of a song or poem.
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Poetry & Word Families

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students study a word family before listing rhyming words in that family. They use the words to begin developing lines of poetry. They continue writing poetry individually and finally, they illustrate their work using graphic software.
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Fiction and Poetry

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore fictional text and poetry. They explore the story structures used in the types of texts and examine the language patterns used. Students practice tracking text in the correct manner.
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Poems Have Shapes, Too!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore the world of geometric shapes by writing poetry. They use the Diamante Poetry worksheet. They select one geometric shape and, using the template, create their own poem.
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Cool School Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students generate a word bank drawing on vocabulary from fifteen school related topics. They use the word bank to write poetry in the styles of Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky.
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Listen to Poems and Rhyme

For Teachers K - 1st
Students create rhymes. In this rhyming lesson students supply rhymes for Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain. The students group words according to rhyming patterns.
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The Itsy Bitsy Spider

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this sequencing worksheet, learners read a poem about a spider. Students cut out 6 rhyming word cards. They then cut out 2 picture cards and put them in order to show the story events.
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Poetry Portraits

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students consider the attributes of heroes. In this literature lesson, students read selected poems from Hesse's Out of the Dust and then create their own bio-poems that feature themselves as heroes.
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Poetry Slam

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders write a poem and participate in a poetry slam.
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Pencil Talk And Other School Poems

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners engage in a lesson to strengthen reading comprehension, the lesson focuses on the skill of making connections of story details and life experiences. The most important aspect of the lesson is for them to develop confidence while...
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Shakespeare Analysis

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders focus on the Shakespearian sonnet as a form and analyze the sonnet in terms of structure, the particular rhyme scheme of the quatrains and the rhyming couplet, the rhythm of iambic pentameter, as well as any figurative...
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Rock N Rhythm & Rhyme

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore rhyming and rhythm. In this rhythm and rhyme lesson plan, students listen to the song, "A-Hunting We Will Go" and add new verses to the song with words that rhyme. Students use an interactive tool to create these new...
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Play with Words: Rhymes & Verse

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to poems and rhymes, clap out syllables, and sing along with familiar tunes. They use puppets and crafts to help recall and retell favorite poems, and craft their own poems.
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The Spider and the Fly

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils incorporate the knowledge they learned about spiders on the ISM Web site, Spider Collection, and other Web sites they viewed on spiders to write a rhyming poem (possibly choosing a poem type illustrated here) about an aspect of...
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Let the Bugs do the Rhyming

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars listen to limericks and write their own about a favorite insect.
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Long ee or ea

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students practice spelling words with the long e sounds using ee or ea. In this ee or ea lesson plan, students complete words using the ee or ea pattern, identify rhyming words, and write a rhyming poem using ee words. Using word and...
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Ten Red Apples; The Five Senses

For Teachers K - 1st
A clever lesson designed around an apple awaits your learners. Descriptive words are used to explain what they believe is inside a bag while using their five senses. Students read the story The Apple Pie Tree and are introduced to the...
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Tiny Tortillas

For Teachers K
Students read the rhyme "Tiny Tortillas" and then explain what the poem is about. They create a list of rhyming words from the poem. They compare and contrast the poem "Tiny Tortillas" with the poem "Patty Cake". They clap out the beat...
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Rap Music and Hip-Hop

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore rap and hip hop music. In this music and culture lesson, students experience the music of Will Smith in order to work on language and communication skills such as rhyming words, writing, and public speaking.
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Rhymes

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study rhymes using the topic of fruits and vegetables. In this rhymes instructional activity, students discuss rhyming words and riddles. Students make up their own fruit or vegetable riddle as a class. Students complete a...

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