There are many other benefits of using poetry and plays in your classroom. Look at the poem below. There are so many ways to use this for teaching the 5 components of a balance literacy program. When students read aloud they develop expression, phrasing, and most of all fluency. Have you ever tried Echo reading? This a great way to get all your students to participate. First you read a line or stanza and then they read it. You can start by having students echo a line and then a stanza. Repeated reading helps develop fluency.
The next day I would review what we learned about the signs of spring and do Choral Reading. First I do it as a whole class activity and then I assign groups a stanza to practice. Try to put your struggling readers and ESL students with on grade level readers. After students have had time to practice we perform the poem.
There are also so many ways to incorporate phonics lessons or word work lessons with poems. Just think of the possibilities with this poem: Long A words, Long E words, Long O words, Compound words, ou and ow words, verb finds........ How would incorporate phonics and word work activities with this poem?
I always like to incorporate writing with my poetry lessons. Here's one idea that I have used for my ESL and Struggling readers. I have them copy one of the stanzas and have them draw a picture of what is happening in that stanza. It's a great way to assess their comprehension. For your on grade level students they can write an opinion piece about what they like most about spring or an informative text about Spring.
Hope you found some bright ideas for using poetry with your students.
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Great ideas! Kids love poetry, and it's worth repeating... which leads to fluency! Thanks for the bright idea!
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I hopped over from the Bright Idea Blog Hop! This is terrific, children learn so much more when they are enjoying it!
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What wonderful ideas, Arlene! I agree, poetry has so many possibilities! Thanks so much for sharing!
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Great post Mama A! I love using poetry with the kids. Sometimes while I'm waiting for kids to get in line, I start reciting a class poem and the kids in line recite with me!
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Great post! Your ideas are great for ELL and other students! I think many educators often forget that the strategies that work so well for ELL are just best practice for any student. Thanks for the reminder! Pinning this now!
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Love this post! Kids love poetry...and these strategies are so helpful! Thanks for sharing! :)
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I absolutely LOVE teaching with poems and songs. I think they are a very important aspect of my teaching. Thank you for this post, Arlene! You always have such high quality poems in your units!
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Poetry ROCKS!!! And so does your post, Arlene!!!!
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Having students rewrite the rules in their own words is a great idea that I had never thought of. I will definitely give it a try!
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