Ideas for National Poetry Month.

Introduce poetry to your students by reading poems aloud that they are interested in. Poems by Jack Prelutsky and Shel Silverstein are all-time student favorites.

Ideas for sharing student poetry:

• Have students keep a Poetry Journal.
• Write poetry with your students and share all the poetry on a bulletin board or publish a class poetry book.
• Introduce a new poem each day.
• Have students create poetry collages.
• Cut words from magazines to make poetry posters.
• Consider having a poetry slam, a “competition” at which poets read or recite original work.
• Host a poetry café and invite parents. (Serve hot chocolate.)
• Video students reading their poetry.
• Include music. Remember lyrics are poems.

Celebrate with our Poetry Journal.

Our Poetry Journal for the Classroom  includes a reproducible student poetry journal, a variety of poetry forms, sample poems, practice pages, and final student poem pages.

The Student journal includes:

• Auto-Bio Poem
• Five Sense Poem
• Haiku Poem
• Cinquain Poem
• Diamante Poem
• Acrostic Poem

Check it out!

Poetry Pinterest Board

Poetry Resources