Welcome to today’s tip in my month-long Poetry Tips for Teachers series.
Tip #16: Add sound effects.
Have kids make sound effects appropriate to the poem. Kids love being sound effects experts, and it give pre-readers, especially, a great way to be part of a poem reading when they don’t actually know the poem yet. Today, I’m visiting three schools/libraries, and kids will be barking, monkey noising, and being roaring/blowing tornadoes. Here’s a poem that kids have loved adding sounds to. Make sure to preview the sound effects ahead of time and then have them do the sound as you leave a space after the word/phrase. Here’s one poem I often have students do sound effects with.
Here I am reading it aloud. Notice that I kind of emphasize the sound effect words and then leave time for the kids to do the sounds.
Laura this is wonderful and fun to read I’m looking forward to reading the four books of your that I ordered I should get them today 🙂 their from your new sears you did
Oh, what fun. Thanks, Jessica. I hope you like them!
Laura this is wonderful and fun to read I’m looking forward to reading the four books of your that I ordered I should get them today 🙂 their from your new sears you did
Oh, what fun. Thanks, Jessica. I hope you like them!