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Exploring Neighborhoods through Art

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore neighborhoods. In this color and social studies cross-curriculum lesson, students listen to Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson, then compare and contrast neighborhoods. Young scholars mix primary...
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Mexican Version of The Night Before Christmas (Middle, Language)

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read a poem aloud called the "Mexican Version of the Night Before Christmas. They enact the scenes of the poem. They discuss variations of this poem both in English and Spanish.
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Review Poetry and the Simile and the Metaphor

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners compile a list of the things they look for in a friend. Then they use that information to create a simple poem. Later they illustrate and display their poems.
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Halloween Poems

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Halloween poetry worksheet, students read a collection of 9 short poems. Students illustrate each poem to show its meaning.
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School-Home Links Poetry

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this poetry worksheet, students complete a homework assignment in which they choose a poetry book and copy a poem from the book or write an original poem.
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Acrostic Poem - Months of the Year

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Do an acrostic poem every month! This resource includes a template complete with related images for every month of the year. Help your kids connect to each month with these quick and fun templates.
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Learning to Love That Poetry

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to the novel, "Love That Dog." students reflect in a journal each day about the poetry form learned that day. They create their own poems following that format and have it for class the next day.
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Alphabet Poem

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars create an alphabetized list about their favorite topic using the Alphabet Poem Brainstorming worksheet or creating a list on the board with the class. They think of a word that starts with their letters that relates to the...
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Presenting Poetry

For Teachers K - 4th
Students encounter the fluency formula that states that it is important for kids to read and reread decodable words in a connected text. They must become effortless decoders in order to read fluently, and fluency in reading allows the...
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Write a Space Poem

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners write a variety of space travel poems that will be used to compile a class book and draw their own rocket and half fill it with words associated with space travel and add design and color.
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Fiction and Poetry

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars explore fictional text and poetry. They explore the story structures used in the types of texts and examine the language patterns used. Students practice tracking text in the correct manner.
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Acrostic Poem Plan

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this acrostic poem worksheet, learners make a plan for a poem using the letters of the word "cycling" as the letters that begin the first lines of each line of the poem.
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Valentine Handprint Poem

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students make a handprint underneath a Valentine poem to give to their parents. In this Valentine poem lesson plan, students also glue conversation hearts around the edge of the page for a border.
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Poems of Respect

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students write poems of respect. In this character education lesson, students use the words "please," "thank you," "excuse me," and "I'm sorry" in acrostic poems that define the polite words and phrases.
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Plant Poetry

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this poetry learning exercise, students complete a poem about plants and insert the right wording to each line. Students complete 10 lines of the poem with specific directions.
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Mom Acrostic Poem

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this Mother's Day worksheet, students write an acrostic poem, using the letters in Mom to begin each line. This could be a Mother's Day card.
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Dirt on My Shirt: Selected Poems

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this word recognition worksheet, students solve eight word jumbles based on the illustrations of each word. These word jumbles are based on Jeff Foxworthy's poems.
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Halloween Poem And Story Book Covers And Writing Paper

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this Halloween writing worksheet, students use the cover sheet and decorated lined paper to write poems and stories of their own. Students may staple the pages into a book.
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Write Your Own -ee- Poem

For Students 2nd
For this writing worksheet, 2nd graders write a poem that uses -ee- words. They write 4 words that rhyme with dry, match -y- words, and use the -y- words to complete sentences. They write a poem using one or more of the -y- words on the...
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Write Your Own -ee- Poem

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this writing learning exercise, students write a poem that uses -ai- spelling pattern words. They write 4 words that rhyme with rain, match -ai- words, and use the -ai- words to complete sentences. They write a poem using one or more...
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Write Your Own -ee- Poem - -ay Spelling Pattern

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this writing worksheet, students write a poem that uses -ay- words. They write 4 words that rhyme with play, match -ay- words, and use the -ay- words to complete sentences. They write a poem using one or more of the -ay- words on the...
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Write Your Own -ee- Poem -igh- Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this writing worksheet, students write a poem that uses -igh- words. They write 4 words that rhyme with bright, match -igh- words, and use the -igh- words to complete sentences. They write a poem using one or more of the -igh- words...
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Exploring Sensory Details in Fiction and Nonfiction Text

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders analyze storytelling devices by examining sensory details in literature. In this descriptive writing lesson, 2nd graders define the 5 senses and practice using descriptive vocabulary words in their writing. Students read...
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Write Your Own -oo- Poem

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this recognizing words spelled with the -oo pattern worksheet, students use -oo word banks to match word pairs, complete sentences, and write rhyming words in a list and in a poem. Students write thirteen answers.