Poetry Resources on the Web

Student Poetry Presentation (ppt file)

Poetry for Kids

• The Poetry Zone

• Poetry4Kids

• Giggle Poetry

• Tips for Young Poets

• KidzPage

• Children's Poetry Archive

• Magnetic Poetry Board

• Fridge magnets

Poetry Forms/Templates

• ETTC Instant Poetry Forms

• Forms of Poetry for Children

• Cinquain (pdf file)

• Cinquain Graphic Organizer (pdf file)

• Friendship Cinquain (pdf file)

• Color poem (pdf file)

• Diamante (pdf file)

• 5W poem (pdf file)

• Bio poem (pdf file)

• I Am poem (pdf file)

• Name poem (pdf file)

• Name poem II (pdf file)

• Acrostic poem (pdf file)

• Limerick (pdf file)

• Found poem (pdf file)

• Two-voice poetry (pdf file)

• Onomatopoeia List (pdf file)

• Poetic Devices (pdf file)

• Poetic Devices Graphic Organizer (pdf file)

• Skills Search Sheet (pdf file)

• Poetry Portfolio Cover (pdf file)

• Poetry Rubric (pdf file)

• Weekly Poem Rubric (pdf file)

• Poetry Performance Rubric (pdf file)

• Poetry Collection Checklist (pdf file)

Poetry Lessons/Units

• Poetry Plus II: An Integrated Unit for Third Grade (pdf file)

• Poetry Portfolios: Using Poetry to Teach Reading and Writing (K-2)

• Shared Poetry Reading: Teaching Print Concepts, Rhyme, and Vocabulary (K-2)

• Generating Rhymes: Developing Phonemic Awareness (K-2)

• Writing Poetry with Rebus and Rhyme (K-2)

• Play with Words: Rhyme & Verse (K-2)

• A-Hunting We Will Go: Teaching Rhyming Through Musical Verse (K-2)

• Composing Cinquain Poems: A Quick-Writing Activity (K-2)

• A Bear of a Poem: Composing and Performing Found Poetry (K-2)

• Acrostic Poems: All About Me and My Favorite Things (K-2)

• Dr. Seuss’s Sound Words: Playing with Phonics and Spelling (Onomatopoeia) (K-2)

• Color Poems- Using the Five Senses to Guide Prewriting (3-5)

• Shape Poems: Writing Extraordinary Poems About Ordinary Objects (3-5)

• Seasonal Haiku: Writing Poems to Celebrate Any Season (3-5)

• Dancing Minds and Shouting Smiles: Teaching Personification Through Poetry (3-5)

• What Makes Poetry? Exploring Line Breaks (3-5)

• Letter Poems Deliver: Experimenting with Line Breaks in Poetry Writing (3-5)

• Poetry: A Feast to Form Fluent Readers (3-5)

• Poetry From Prose (3-5)

• Creating Classroom Community by Crafting Themed Poetry Collections (3-5)

• Multipurpose Poetry: Introducing Science Concepts and Increasing Fluency (3-5)

• The Connection Between Poetry and Music (3-5)

• Peace Poems and Picasso Doves: Literature, Art, Technology, and Poetry (3-5)

• Simile and Metaphor

• PoetryTeachers.com

• ProTeacher! Poetry Lessons

• The English Room: 30 Days of Poetry

• Line Break Explorer

• NewsHour Extra Poetry

Poetry Booklists

• Thematic Poetry Collections (pdf file)
• Poetry Booklist (pdf file)
• Poetry Books (pdf file)

Compiled by Stephanie Trapp, 2006