Saturday, April 21, 2018

Poetry Month 2018

Some favorite lessons are those I teach during April, National Poetry Month.  We read and share poetry other months, too, but this is a built-in topic for the whole month.  I look forward to using familiar books and poems every year, but adding new ones, too.

The first day in April, I hang up our "Poem in Your Pocket" pants, where students can choose to take a poem from their grade's pocket, put it in their pocket and share it with someone.  Sometimes they share it right in the library with a classmate, sometimes they take it home to share with a family member (or even a pet, that is allowed in the rules!).





















If students share their poem, they can choose a Poetry Month bookmark, which have more poems on them.  They can get one poem and one bookmark each day during April.  The last day of April the pants go back into the closet until next year.  This is a popular activity for many students and they remember it the next year when the pants come back out.