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Digital Poetry Books

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Learners, after reviewing the writing process and assessing how to use a digital camera to take creative photos, create a Digital Poetry Book. They incorporate the use of Microsoft Photo Draw and Publisher for the creation of their...
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Spring Acrostic Poem

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this creating a poem about spring worksheet, students use the letters in the word SPRING to write an acrostic poem. Students write a 6 line poem.
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Poetry: Robert Louis Stevenson

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this poetry study worksheet, learners will read the poem, "My Kingdom" by Robert Louis Stevenson and complete various activities such as answer 20 short response questions, write a creative story about a kingdom, review the rhyme...
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African American Poetry: Songs of Protest and Pride

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to various time periods in history in which African Americans wrote songs and poetry to cope. In groups, they travel between different stations to listen or read poems and music from the Civil War period, Civil...
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More Spring Poems: Buttercups

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this literature worksheet, students read and discuss the poem "Buttercups," color the picture, underline the rhyming words and then write the rhyming words on pages two and three several times.
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More Spring Poems: Fluttering Butterflies

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this literature based worksheet, students read the poem "Fluttering Butterflies," color the picture, underline the rhyming words and then on the lines provided, write the rhyming words on pages two through four several times.
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A Poem for Grandparents Day

For Students 1st - 5th
For this Grandparents Day activity worksheet, learners learn how to write a cinquain poem and then write a poem pertaining to Grandparents Day.
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Write a Poem

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Dr. Seuss poetry worksheet, students read a passage from Green Eggs and Ham. Students write their own poem on the provided lines.
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Write Your Own i-e Poem

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing words spelled with the i-e pattern worksheet, students list words that rhyme, use word banks to fill in the blanks and use one or more to complete lines of a poem. Students write fourteen answers.
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Independence Day Acrostic Poetry

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this online interactive language arts worksheet, students write an acrostic poem regarding the 4th of July using the letters INDEPENDENCE. This worksheet may also be printed for use in classrooms.
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Poetic Teapot Card

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars recognize the role of loved ones in their families and the many things their parents and others contribute to their lives. They write an acrostic poem about their mother, father, or other important person. They then make a...
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There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly

For Students 2nd - Higher Ed
Here is an entertaining way to introduce your language learners to several significant grammatical structures. The children’s rhyme, There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly, contains examples of noun and relative clauses for the class...
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Visualize and Draw to Increase Comprehension

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Improve readers' comprehension with a pair of visualization opportunities. First they listen, eyes closed, as you read a description from Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach, and discuss ideas about what they "see." After you read...
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Haiku In Color

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of Haiku Poetry. They read a variety of samples of text to create the context for practicing the composition of new poetry. The lesson contains questions for the teacher to use.
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Writing ABC Poetry

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discover the background of alphabet poetry and as a group construct a poem on the board. Using all the letters in the alphabet, they individually create their own poems.
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Boombox Classroom: Music and Language

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this music and speech worksheet, students find similarities between language and music. Students also tell about their own language. Students also may write the 7 music letters.
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Phonics Teachers Resource Book

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Looking to improve your classes literacy program? Then look no further. This comprehensive collection of resources includes worksheets and activities covering everything from r-controlled vowels and consonant digraphs, to the...
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Acrostic Poem: Kites

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this writing an acrostic poem activity, students observe the letters K, I, T, E, S inside kite illustrations and write a poem with each line beginning with each of the letters. Students create a 5 line poem.
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Diamonte Poem Grid

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this poetry writing worksheet, students use the provided format to write a diamonte poem. Detailed guidelines are given for this writing exercise.
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Animal Poetry -- Printing Practice

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this printing practice worksheet, students read a poem about a particular animal. Students copy the poem on the lines provided. Advanced cursive students could copy this using cursive handwriting. There are 13 poem worksheets available.
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Halloween Poem

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this Halloween coloring page worksheet, students color in frame portion of this Halloween picture and then write a short Halloween poem inside of the frame.
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Poetic Devices: The Sounds of Poetry

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students review examples and definitions of different poetic devices. In this poetic devices lesson, students interact with the website by reading definitions and looking at examples of poetic devices such as onomatopoeia, repetition,...
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Every Day Edit - National Poetry Month

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about National Poetry Month. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.
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Character Analysis Chart

For Students 3rd - 12th
This versatile graphic organizer could be used alongside any novel, poem, play, or story through which your class in studying character. Class members can get characters straight or describe particular characters in more detail with this...