2nd grade poetry activities

I like to spend a couple weeks each year teaching my students about poetry. We do a number of fun activities in addition to reading and wr...

Unleash creativity in your classroom with these fun and creative activities to teach poetry elements in elementary! From rhyming couplets to sensory poetry, engage your students with interactive and hands-on poetry elements activities. Find fun poetry activities or kindergarten and poetry games, too! Explore the blog post for poetry teaching ideas that make teaching poetry to kids enjoyable for first grade, kindergarten, and second grade.

I admit, I have never been one to go all out for National Poetry Month in April. I enjoy reading poems with my class and poetry books definitely get their rotation in my monthly book display, but poetry projects or multi-day lessons never seem to fit in. First of all, April is peak testing season

Hi friends! I just wanted to drop in and make sure you didn't miss this week's FREEBIE! It's a brand new series and to say I'm excited about it is an understatement. :) I LOVE poetry. I've always incorporated poetry into my classroom, but usually I find myself scouring my resources at the last minute to try to find a poem for the week. No more! I'm officially writing my own poems for each of the school year for next year! This will ensure that I have them in place ahead of time, that they're…

From turning snakes into spaghetti and clouds into cotton balls, writing poetry is absolutely magical! Students use their five senses and figurative language to create poems that break all the rules (punctuation, capitalization, directionality) they’ve been learning all year & make something is truly magical. Our Poetry Promise Kicking off our unit, we took the...

This list of 20 poetry books for kids from Teaching with Jillian Starr covers everything you need to celebrate poetry month in your elementary classroom! Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade teachers will love the wide range of picture books on the list which include funny poems, haikus, rhyming poems, narrative poetry, and more! Click here to check out the post and find everything you need for all your poetry activities!

Bio Poems are a way for kids in third, fourth, and fifth grade to appreciate the person they are and what they bring to classroom life. The Bio Poem activity helps students express themselves in art and poetry form.

Teaching poetry is so much fun and so easy to do when you have the necessary tools! I remember my first year teaching fourth grade, our writing curriculum had nothing for teaching poetry. Luckily, I have always loved to write, especially poems, so I developed my own Poetry Unit. It was incredible to see even […]

Elements of Poetry

This free resource will make teaching visualizing with poetry fun! Perfect for first grade students to use during national poetry month.

Poetry Worksheet for students. Free download through Canva!

Reading poetry with your primary and intermediate students have never been so much fun! 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade students all love this month long poem unit. Students will learn about how to read and comprehend a haiku, lymrick, rhyming, shape, ABC, acrostic, cinquain, autobiographical, ballad, ode, tanka, and more during this no prep unit. There are templates provided to write poems, as well as anchor charts, examples and models of poems and figurative language. Digital or in person…

These Haiku poems are perfect for Earth Day or as a writing activity for Poetry Month! Teach students how to write a Haiku poem with these no prep writing printables. A great way to incorporate poetry into spring writing. These 3-D earths can be an Earth Day activity for kids and they are great for a spring bulletin board idea.

Teaching poetry in upper elementary can be FUN... I promise! Over the years I've honed my poetry unit and my students love it! Take a peek at the best poetry resources for upper elementary including anchor charts, poems, lesson plans, and cross-curricular activities.

Teaching poetry? Avoid the groans from your students by making the process a little more fun for them. Room 213 has strategies and free activities that you can use to get your students interested in (and less afraid of) poetry. #poetrylessons #middleschoolela #highschoolenglish #teachingpoetry #figurativelanguage

Free Poetry activity! April 27th is Poem in Your Pocket Day. This poetry lesson makes a great bulletin board display for the classroom!

Want to introduce your upper elementary students to poetry, but not sure where to start? Check out these 11 ideas that are a great way to celebrate National Poetry Month or teach poetry anytime to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. There are activity ideas for writing poetry, reading poetry, being inspired by nature, and more.

Want to teach kids poetry without reading the same old ABAB rhymes over and over? Read this blog post for ideas you can use to run a successful grade five poetry unit! Teaching reading poetry and poetry writing is fun and easy with these tips! Perfect for your fourth grade poetry or fifth grade poetry unit.

Engage your students in poetry by introducing poetry elements using these fun, unique poems and activities!