Teaching poetry can be so much fun! It breaks the rules, is shorter, and often funny. You will be amazed at how much fun your students will have with poetry. Ready for a full month of poetry lessons? Scroll to the bottom to have 6 weeks of plans at your fingertips!
Grab these Poetry FREEBIES!
These FREE templates will help guide students through writing haikus, diamantes, cinquains, and bio poems. A great way to get started with poetry.
These fun FREE poetry bookmarks are great to encourage readers and help them remember important poetry vocabulary terms. Print on color paper or on white and let them add their own creativity.
This FREE Poetry Close Read for Any Poem is a great addition to your literacy center. This close read can be used with both rhyming and free verse poetry. Just add your favorite poems. (P.S. – The poetry literacy center bundle has 18 original poems to add to your literacy center. AND you students can easily write on and highlight important words and ideas.)
Monthly A Poem Each Week (Free Questions for Published Poems). The poems for these are not included but can easily be found in your school library. Hop over to grab your FREEBIES.
Get started with this FREE poetry ebook:
How to Teach Poetry (Even if You Hate It!). This FREE eBook guides you through the hows and whys of teaching poetry. In addition you get 3 FREE lesson plans, 4 FREE poems, tips on integrating poetry into math, science, and social studies, and a long list of poetry books that kids LOVE.
Articles about Teaching Poetry (with FREEBIES)
Teaching Poetry Blog Posts
These articles will help guide you through ways to make teaching and learning about poetry engaging. You will also learn about ways to use poetry as a way of assessing student learning. (Just click the image to learn more.)
Additional Poetry Resources
Looking for ready made poetry resources? These units and literacy centers will make teaching poetry super easy. Just print and teach! Each unit is designed to that grade level standards. HOWEVER additional grade level lessons are added to help differentiate learning.
Click here to access the 2nd Grade Poetry Unit.
Click here to access the 3rd Grade Poetry Unit.
Click here to access the 4th/5th Grade Poetry Unit.
Click here to access the Poetry Literacy Centers Bundle. You can also purchase each month separately.
Click here to access the Poetry Vocabulary Book
