Poetry Month Part 2

For the rest of poetry month we did some more cool activities so here is what we were up to in a nutshell.

Secret Pizza Party by Adam Rubin

Nothing Beats a Pizza by Loris Lesynski 

A Pizza the Size of the Sun by Jack Prelutsky 

All three read to: Kinder

Skills/Theme: Pizza Poetry!

I think we can pretty much agree that most of us enjoy eating pizza, so I decided to do a pizza themed story time with of course including some poetry all about pizza. We first read, Secret Pizza Party by Adam Rubin which most of the kids already knew and loved (it is one of my favorite's too), and then I chose a couple of fun poems about pizza to share from each of the poetry books above.  We all had a pizzariffic time!      

Riddle Rhymes by Charles Ghigna

Simms Taback's Great Big Book of Spacey Snakey Buggy Riddles by Simms Taback, Katy Hall, and Lisa Eisenberg 

Read to: Primer, 1st, and 2nd Grade

Skills: Riddles

With Primer, First, and Second grades we learned about riddles! I picked riddles from each of the above books and as I read them, I made it fun for the kids by not showing them the pictures. They then had to guess what I was describing. I have to say they were really good at guessing way before I had given them all of the details! I am not sure I was that quick at their age. However, then they had a chance to write their own riddle and exchange it with a friend, so each of them could guess what was being described. They came up with some great adjectives to describe their objects.     

Laugh-eteria by Douglas Florian

And just for fun and if time allowed I shared a couple of poems from this book with some of the classes because well, it is funny, and I enjoy all of Douglas Florian's poems! 

"I Am" Poems

Completed With the Third and Fourth Grade Classes

With Third and Fourth Grade we learned about and wrote "I Am" poems. Basically it is a poem about yourself, but instead of having to think about what to write you pretty much just fill in the blanks with adjectives that describe yourself. Pretty fun! I originally had wanted to turn this lesson into a selfie poem and thought it would be fun if the kids took a picture of themselves to include with their poem,  but I wasn't sure how to go about it and the thought of printing out all of the pictures did not seem appealing or Earth friendly so we kept it simple.          

Finally, this past Thursday, April 30th,  was National "Poem in Your Pocket Day!" I really talked it up this year and I was so pleased with the number of kids and adults that came to the library or stopped me to share their poems. One first grade class had even constructed paper pockets and had a wide variety of poems to choose from in their "pockets" to share! Here was the poem I had in my pocket. I shared it with anyone who would listen!

Overall, it was a super way to end a great Poetry Month!