Use of games, online resources, in-class activities. No long writing please. Teaching syllables, types of rhyming, types of poetry and some children’s poets.
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When I was in elementary school like six years ago they used m&m’s for everything. You learn to describe it, learn new words with it etc, and at the end of the learning process you got to eat the m&m.
Start simple, give them a coupel M&M’s–explain simply what a poem is, have them write a poem about their m&m and go go from there.
Make the poetry about somthing relatable and funny and of course simple it especialy helps to figure out specific games
I would give them assignments/tasks like “write a poem about your family” or “write a silly poem about fruits and vegetables” – - anything to make it interesting. You can maybe ask them to replace the words of popular nursery rhymes – this will help with the rhythm and accent that are so important to poetry.
What about some modification of a Mad Libs activity? Or have one student come up with one line of a poem and another complete the verse.
A game I used to play was where I’d write 3 lines of a story and then fold the paper down so that only the bottom line was showing. I’d pass it on to a friend. Based only on what she could read, she’d write 3 lines and fold the paper and pass it on. And so on. Is there something like this you could have students do with poems?
Good luck!
Tell Them Who Ever Makes the Best Poem About Either, Mcdonald’s Candy, Pizza, Or uhh.. anything you can afford. get’s to win that. or who ever makes the best poem about pizza get’s a pizza day for the whole class Somthing like that i unno use ur amagination your a poet
my fourth grade teacher made us memorize poems every year… he had each of our names on a popsicle stick, in a cup and shuffle it around, then randomaly choose a name. then he would choose a way how to recite it. like a challenge for extra credit- if we wanted to do it… be creative! some ways are:
-to recite it backwards
-pick two kids- have one recite in an enthusiastick voice or a voice that sounds good, loud and clear; and have the other act the poem out while he recites it (in his head)
-have them draw the poem out on a piece of paper- a drawing for each verse
i hope this helps! good luck!
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