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Prickly [15 words or less]
Photo: Laura Salas Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Here are some Velcro?balls we’re throwing at targets all this week at a Young Authors Conference. I’m sharing the poetry activity here next week, so if you’re curious, stay tuned. Meanwhile, here are three things this picture reminds of: 1)
New Ways to Perform Poetry
I had a lovely surprise when the presenters at an IRA session performed one of my poems! The session was The Power of Poetry to Provide Teachable Moments, and the presenters had no idea I was in the audience (until my friend Janet Fagal told them afterward). Here they are: Diane Bottomley, Ph.D,? plays the
IRA Sunday — Presentations and a Party
Sunday was super busy. I went to the Children’s Literature Assembly board meeting first thing in the morning. CLA (you should join!) is part of the National Council of Teachers of English. I’m not on the board, but I’m organizing the Master Class (poetry, of course!) at the NCTE conference this fall. I left a
IRA — Saturday night — Dinner with Lerner folks and the Poetry Olio
I shared some highlights of my Friday night and Saturday day at the IRA Conference recently in New Orleans. By late afternoon Saturday, I was pretty exhausted. And a little bit nervous. I was going to dinner with some Lerner folks, who had hosted my signing that afternoon and helped support my trip to IRA.
Can Top [15 words or less]
Photo: Laura Salas Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! I just realized I still had this?pic from Vegas. It is just a little thingamajig that was on the floor of the High Roller observation wheel we rode in. I was intrigued by it. Here are?3 things this photo makes
IRA — Saturday
[See yesterday’s post for my Friday at IRA.] Saturday at IRA, I went to a fantastic session called The Power of Poetry to Provide Teachable Moments (I’m going to do a separate post on that soon). I was with Janet Fagal, and we had a blast–and the presenters performed “The Middle’s Lament,” from BookSpeak! I
IRA — Friday
I was in New Orleans for the International Reading Association recently and thought I’d share some pictures and thoughts over this week and next. After a fun Friday day, including lunch at NOLA and a ride on the paddleboat Natchez,?I went to a get-together hosted by April Whatley Bedford, a fabulous teacher educator in New
Tree [15 words or less]
Photo: Laura Salas Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! One last pic from Vegas! Here are?3 things this photo makes me think of: 1)?the evil trees in various tales, like Wizard of Oz 2)?bonsai trees 3) blown glass–I love individual pieces, but when I go in a tourist store
Gayle A. Zeiter Children’s Literature Conference
Last month, I went to the University of Nevada Las Vegas to speak at the Gayle A. Zeiter Children’s Literature Conference. It was a fantastic experience, and I wanted to share a few pictures. I had a wonderful time presenting about children’s poetry and sharing easy ways to dive into interactive poetry reading and writing
Riddle-ku Roundup!
National Poetry Month was so fun! I thought it might be helpful if I posted one page with links to all the riddle-ku, so that if you’re new to them entirely or if you want to return here and use them again, you can use this master list. Since they don’t have titles, other than
Globes [15 words or less]
Photo: Laura Salas Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Here’s another pic from my trip to Las Vegas recently. Here are?3 things this photo makes me think of: 1)?SCUBA diving and the bubbles that float up 2)?blowing bubbles at a wedding 3) tiny fish eggs And here’s my?first draft.
Courage [15 words or less]
? Photo: Laura Salas National Poetry Month is over, and I had so much fun with riddle-ku! Thank you for all of you who stopped by to read, comment, or share these poems with kids. I really appreciate it! Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! When I was in
Riddle-Ku! [squeeze]
THANK YOU for joining me for National Poetry Month, and I hope you’ve had fun with my riddle-ku! I’d love to hear your feedback, and I’d be thrilled to hear about or see how you used these little poems in your classroom this month. Please feel free to leave your thoughts in a comment
Jone MacCulloch’s Silver Star Poetry Project
Please forgive the double post today, but I wanted to share this poem while it was still Poetry Month. I signed up for Jone MacCulloch’s Silver Star Poetry Project again this year, and I just got my beautiful postcard yesterday. What a burst of brightness and cheer on a grey, drizzly day (well, OK, you
Riddle-Ku! [tail whisks]
Riddle-Ku of the Day My tail whisks my nose when I lie round as a dime I wish you were home –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? ? HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas (model: Captain Jack Sparrow:>) TITLE (AND ANSWER): DOG [Educators, please
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Go to my Poetry page for:
- National Poetry Month projects through the years
- Small Reads Roundups (poems grouped by topic)
- Introductions to several favorite poetry forms