I’ve been doing something new. After reading a picture book, sometimes I jot down a quick poem based on something in the book. It could be inspired by the entire book, the setting, a character, or even just a tiny detail in a picture or a single phrase from the text. I’m using picture books as a jumping off point for poems. I thought this might be something interesting for you to do in your classroom, so I’m going to share some of them here.
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A nice partner project to your own book, Bookspeak. “Plant a lie” was such a surprise. Love the anaphora in this poem. Thanks for sharing and always thinking of us teachers.
Thanks, Margaret. I’ve been a little bored with just checking off my books in my goodreads account, and I have a terrible memory! So I thought about it and decided I needed to engage more fully in the picture books I was reading. I’ve just started this–we’ll see how it goes. Thanks for the encouragement:>)
A nice partner project to your own book, Bookspeak. “Plant a lie” was such a surprise. Love the anaphora in this poem. Thanks for sharing and always thinking of us teachers.
Thanks, Margaret. I’ve been a little bored with just checking off my books in my goodreads account, and I have a terrible memory! So I thought about it and decided I needed to engage more fully in the picture books I was reading. I’ve just started this–we’ll see how it goes. Thanks for the encouragement:>)
Great idea!
Thanks, Tina:>)
Great idea!
Thanks, Tina:>)