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Giggle Poetry: "Empty Headed" Poetry Theater
In "Empty Voices", students will participate in a poem in many voices. Adapted from the poem by Linda J. Knaus in Miles of Smiles, students will dramatize a poem that describes all of the crazy things that they have seen.
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Giggle Poetry: "Don't Pinch!" Poetry Theater
In "Don't Pinch!", students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in his My Dog Ate My Homework! poetry collection, students will dramatize a poem about a child who discovers why his friends...
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Giggle Poetry: "When the Bubble Burst" Poetry Theater
In "When the Bubble Burst", students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in If Pigs Could Fly, And Other Deep Thoughts, students will dramatize a poem about a child who gets in trouble for...
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Giggle Poetry: "We're Going Skiing" Poetry Theater
In "We're Going Skiing", students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from I Hope I Don't Strike Out!'s poem by Eric Ode, students will dramatize a poem about a child who gets a surprise when she goes skiing.
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Giggle Poetry: "A Lesson Learned" Poetry Theater: A Poem in Two Voices
In "A Lesson Learned", students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework! and If Pigs Could Fly, And Other Deep Thoughts, students will dramatize a poem about a skydiver...
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Giggle Poetry: "Ish!" Poetry Theater
In "Ish!," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a child debates eating fish with his grandmother.
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Giggle Poetry: "Samantha Cinderella Scott" Poetry Theater
In "Samantha Cinderella Scott," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Kenn Nesbitt in When the Teacher Isn't Looking, students will dramatize a poem about a doctor telling a child that a shot isn't...
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Giggle Poetry: "How to Torture Your Teacher" Poetry Theater
In "How to Torture Your Teacher," young scholars will participate in a poem in nine voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in No More Homework! No More Tests!, students will dramatize a poem that gives advice to young scholars...
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Giggle Poetry: "How to Torture Your Students" Poetry Theater
In "How to Torture Your Young scholars," students will participate in a poem in nine voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in If Kids Ruled the School, teachers are given advice for how to torment their young scholars.
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Giggle Poetry: "How to Delay Your Bedtime" Poetry Theater
In "How to Delay Your Bedtime," students will participate in a poem in four voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a child who tries to delay his bedtime.
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Giggle Poetry: "Get Out of Bed!" Poetry Theater
In "Get Out of Bed!," students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Diane Z. Shore in If Kids Ruled the School, students will dramatize a poem about a child who pretends to be sick so that he doesn't have to...
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Giggle Poetry: "Bad Baxter Barton" Poetry Theater
In "Bad Baxter Barton," students will participate in a dramatization of a poem. Adapted from the poem "Bad Baxter Barton" originally published in Tall Tales of the Wild West (And a Few Short Ones) by Eric Ode, students will assume roles...
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Giggle Poetry: "My Violin" Poetry Theater
In "My Violin," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a child who causes problems at home whenever he plays his violin.
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Giggle Poetry: "Stop Sniffling!" Poetry Theater
In "Stop Sniffling!," young scholars will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a child who learns the importance of blowing his nose.
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Giggle Poetry: "Out of Control" Poetry Theater
In "Out of Control," students will participate in a poem in eleven voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in If Pigs Could Fly, And Other Deep Thoughts, students will dramatize a poem about a remote that mysteriously flips through...
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Giggle Poetry: "The Kindergarden Concert" Poetry Theater
In "The Kindergarden Concert," students will participate in a poem in eight voices. Adapted from the poem by Robert Pottle in I'm Allergic to School, students will dramatize a poem about a concert that a kindergarten class performs.
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Giggle Poetry: "The Bus" Poetry Theater: A Poem in 12 Voices
This activity uses the poem entitled "The Bus" and is adapted by Robert Pottle from the collection entitled I'm Allergic to School, published by Meadowbrook Press. Students will share the responsibility of reading lines of this poem...
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Giggle Poetry: "Turn Off the Tv!" Poetry Theater
In "Turn Off the TV!," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize watching television with their parents.
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Giggle Poetry: "I Went to the Doctor" Poetry Theater
In "I Went to the Doctor," learners will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Kenn Nesbitt in The Aliens Have Landed, students will dramatize a poem about a sick child who goes to the doctor and gets a shot.
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Giggle Poetry: "I Call First!" Poetry Theater
In "I Call First!," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Ted Scheu in If Kids Ruled the School, students will dramatize a poem about a student who wants to be the first in everything but learns...
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Giggle Poetry: "My Thumbies" Poetry Theater
In "My Thumbies" poetry theater, students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a mother who is trying to get her child to stop...
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Giggle Poetry: "My New Pet" Poetry Theater
In "My New Pet," students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in Miles of Smiles, students will dramatize a poem about a child tries to make a choice about which pet to buy.
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Giggle Poetry: "My Doggy Ate My Homework" Poetry Theater
In "My Doggy Ate My Homework," learners will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Dave Crawley in If Kids Ruled the School, students will dramatize a poem about a student who tells his teacher that his dog cooked...
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Giggle Poetry: "My Dog Has Got No Manners" Poetry Theater
In "My Dog Has Got No Manners," learners will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in Rolling in the Aisles, students will dramatize a poem about a child who complains about his dog's bad behavior to...