Happy Poetry Friday! In person today, I’m sharing poetry and picture books with students at two Sheboygan, WI-area schools–fun! Tomorrow, I’ll be presenting at the Sheboygan Children’s Book Festival. If you are going, I hope you’ll find me and say hi! I’m sharing a riddle-ku today: This merry-go-round spins
I already mentioned that the second book in my 30 Painless Classroom Poems series is going to be Riddle-ku: Haiku for Very Close Reading. You might remember that I shared these poems here during National Poetry Month earlier this year. What was cool as I went through editing the riddle-ku
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
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
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
Riddle-Ku of the Day ?? ? ? I’m smarter than you My answers fly like jet planes But I feel?nothing –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): COMPUTER [Educators, please click
Riddle-Ku of the Day I dive into milk It’s my start-the-day routine: Swimming with my friends –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved HINT 1: HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): CEREAL [Educators, please click here to see a
Riddle-Ku of the Day I’m the mountain’s crumb hard and old, jagged or smooth Broken? Beautiful! –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved HINT 1: HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): ROCK [Educators, please click here to see a
Riddle-Ku of the Day ? ? ? Big drum, wooden, waxed I wait for your feet to beat a loud romping song –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? HINT 2: ? .aLL Photos by?Randy Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): GYMNASIUM [Educators, please
Riddle-Ku of the Day ? ? Oh, no! Don’t shoot me! I like to gather, not hurt? pigtails, papers?please? –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? HINT 2: ? .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): RUBBER BAND [Educators,
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