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Whale Song Acrostic

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
What do whales sing about? Invite your class to imagine the thoughts of whales before writing acrostic poems on the topic. The plan blends together a bit of life science with plenty of opportunities for creativity and writing.
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Scholastic

Writing An Acrostic

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Invite learners to introduce themselves through poetry. After brainstorming and choosing details, pupils draft two acrostic poems using their names as the base. They then evaluate and revise their poems.
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National Council of Teachers of English

Acrostic Poems: All About Me and My Favorite Things

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Budding poets create two acrostic poems, one for their name and another using a word of their choice. Over the course of five days, scholars compose, revise, publish, and share their work with their peers.
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Acrostic Poetry to Teach Font Changes and Centering

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students engage in a discussion about how to write an acrostic poem. They demonstate the ability to use a word processor by typing an acrostic poem by following instructions. Word processing skills such as, centering text, changing font,...
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Animal Acrostic

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
In this animal acrostic worksheet, students read a short poem. Afterward, they answer questions about the poem and then write their own acrostic poetry. Students share their poetry with a friend, and guess what type of animal is described.
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Curated OER

Acronyms--Characters in The Hobbit

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Have your class create acrostic poems for characters in The Hobbit. First, define acronyms and work together to complete sample acronyms for their own first names. Students then research specific characters in the novel and create...
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Animal Poems

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create their own acrostic poems. In this poetry lesson, students read poetry book to view examples of acrostic poems. Students then write an acrostic poem using their name.
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Acrostic Poems

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to the book, SHARK WATCH as it is read to the class and name some of the facts they have learned about sharks from hearing the story. They then write an acrostic poem on the topic of sharks. Some of the students...
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Curated OER

Acrostic Poems: What's In a Name?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners find words that begin with the letters in their own names, using a variety of sources including word banks and online dictionaries. They create an acrostic poem. Pupils revise poems as needed, for meaning and conventions. ...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Landforms Acrostic Poetry

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders apply scientific information about various landforms. They use the information to write and word process acrostic poems which they illustrate with clip art or pictures from magazines.
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Curated OER

Write Acrostic Poetry

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore acrostic poetry and use names of their favorite personalities from television, music, or sports. They write descriptions for each letter of the person's name.
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Scholastic

Lesson Two: The Earth, Introductory Activities

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Determine what young pupils already know about earth science with a brainstorming activity. After class members work together to complete a KWL chart about the Earth, they craft an acrostic poem to demonstrate their understanding.
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Curated OER

Barn Owls and Owl Pellet Dissection

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore birds of prey and food chains. For this ecosystems and birds of prey cross curriculum science and literacy lesson, students brainstorm characteristics of birds after viewing photographs. Students view a video and...
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Curated OER

ACROSTIC POETRY

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners use newspapers or magazines to create an acrostic poem where words are divided into parts of speech.
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Curated OER

Your Name in an Acrostic Poem

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use a word processing program (Word, Claris Works...) to create an acrostic poem.
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Curated OER

Poetry

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are introduced to poetry and many authors who create it. In this language arts lesson, 5th graders create a class poetry book. Each student submits an original poem, along with an illustration.
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Acrostic Animal

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen as the teacher describes how an acrostic poem is written. They research an endangered animal of Puerto Rico. Students write an acrostic poem as a class, and then individually about the animal they research. Students...
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My Name Is Me!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students write about themselves. In this personal writing lesson, students write their name vertically down a sheet of paper and think of a self descriptive word that matches each letter of their name. Students write a descriptive...
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What's In a Name?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students write a story. In this identification instructional activity, students write their name vertically and think of a word or phrase to match each letter. Students write a paragraph or story based on their name descriptions.
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Curated OER

Writing Bug: a Friendly Poem

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this writing worksheet, young scholars will write a poem about their best friend by using all of the letters in their first and last names.
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Curated OER

Who Are You?

For Teachers K - 5th
Students complete self projects such as a collage, an acrostic poem, a mural, and more, to show their similarities and differences. In this similarities and differences lesson plan, students can do these projects individually or in groups.
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Curated OER

Swimming Acrostic

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this acrostic poem worksheet, students write a poem using the letters in the word swimming. Students write a word or phrase for each letter in the word.
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Curated OER

No Need To Be Puzzled About Me

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate acrostic poetry by researching the Internet.  In this poetry writing lesson, 4th graders complete a worksheet detailing their personal activities and interests.  Students view the form of an acrostic poem and...
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Who Am I?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students complete an acrostic poem and use digital photo activities for the poem. For this acrostic poem and technology lesson, students use Word Art and digital cameras to create a technology integrated acrostic poem.

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