Today my mini-lesson was “Poets are like scientists…they observe the world around them. I shared my Old Oak Tree poem from my nature walk on Saturday with the first graders that I am doing a poetry unit with. It was raining outside so we couldn’t go on a nature walk…so we went on a “classroom” [...]
Posts Tagged ‘poetry month’
Day #4…Poetry Challenge
Posted in poetry, writers notebook, writing, tagged mini-lesson, observing, poetry, poetry challenge, poetry month, scientists, writing on April 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
April is for…Poetry Lovers
Posted in coaching, poetry, teacher resource, writing, tagged Georgia Heard, Katie Wood Ray, Lester Laminack, poem, poetry, poetry month on April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since it is April…National Poetry Month…and since I am in the Poetry Challenge this week at Two Writing Teachers … I decided that for this resource Monday I would round up some of my favorite poetry resources….just a thought…Katie Wood Ray says…”to write a poem, you have to read 100 poems first” I agree with her [...]
Day #2… Poetry Challenge
Posted in poetry, writers notebook, writing, tagged grandma, poetry, poetry challenge, poetry month, writing on April 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Blue China Egg by Marie
It was a sad day in September
Everyone at Grandma’s house
after a long tearful funeral—
Voices humming in the other room
swapping stories
And me,
Rummaging through Grandma’s bedroom
trying to find that perfect
thing that would keep her alive
Finally…
I found it.
The blue china egg
I plopped onto her bed
and looked inside
It [...]
Day #1…Poetry Challenge
Posted in poetry, writers notebook, writing, tagged nature walk, poetry, poetry challenge, poetry month, sketching, writers notebook, writing on April 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This morning my two boys and I went on a nature walk on the path in the woods by our house. We took our writer’s notebooks…yes my boys also have writer’s notebooks…and we were sketching and writing as we walked. I sat for about 20 minutes sketching a wonderfully beautiful…majestically tall tree. I believe it [...]
