Kindergarten poetry

This week we started a unit of study focusing on writing poetry. We began this study by reading poems written by former students. I also share the many samples of poetry from the book Kid's Poems by Regie Routman. I love Regie's poetry book!!! We read many poems and talked about what we notice. We also wrote a few poems during Shared Writing time. Dolphins jump dive deep blowhole swim splash The Best Best Water Water water water Water is ice water is rain water is cups water water water…

I have been celebrating National Poetry Month for several years with our students with most grade levels writing different types of poems. I wanted to do something with the kindergarten students t…

This rain poem is the perfect way to incorporate poetry activities into your daily lessons this spring! By using a poem of the week, you help build reading fluency, phonics and phonemic awareness skills, comprehension, concepts of print and more! Don’t forget to check out the great poetry writing prompt perfect for creating a copycat poem!

Visualizing is one of my very favorite skills to teach little readers. Why? It's a powerful skill that is used throughout life and really helps with reading and listening comprehension.

Poems for Kids! Poetry that is perfect for kindergarten students with a FREE poem sample. See how we incorporate poetry into our daily schedule to teach a multitude of reading skills. #kindergartenpoetry

This week I will be beginning a poetry notebook in my kindergarten classroom. We will use each of our poems as a shared reading a...

This year was a little different for me teaching TK instead of K. Not just in the fact that my students were almost a year younger, but my classroom setup was completely different and I had to make th

Hello Everyone! More Daily Five stuff! :) "Read to Someone" is a component that my firsties love!! We practice over and over how it should look and sound. We practice sitting EEKK style, reading quietly, sharing, asking questions, etc. Many ask what my kids read during "Read to Someone." Most of the time they are sharing books from their book baskets, but at least once a week, they read poetry together. We build a collection of poems in a folder starting from day one of first grade! Many of…

I just finished my latest set of emergent readers to use during guided reading. After the students are introduced to the book, we place th...

Teach addition, subtraction, sight words, phonics, grammar, handwriting and so much more with the May NO PREP Packet for First Grade!