Poem in Your Pocket

Every year in April I put up these not-so-lovely pants I bought at a Value Village or Goodwill store.  I sewed a pocket for each grade level onto the pants, and then I print out specific poems for each grade's students to take and share and keep in their pockets.

The 2nd grade poems are mostly about insects, because that's something they study, 3rd grade has rock and mineral poems, 4th grade poems are funny and little gross, and 6th grade has haiku to read and share, because they are just so busy with homework and other activities!

I love watching students get excited to take a poem and read it to their friends.  They get a poetry month bookmark if they tell me they shared it, and I hope some are taking them home and sharing them with family and friends there.