Poetry Friday!

Even though our study of poetry is over, we don't want it to leave our lives. So we've started having Poetry Fridays. Instead of having class meeting and read aloud on Friday morning, we spend time simply enjoying poetry. Students can read poetry by themselves or with a friend, write poetry, contribute to the poetry project on think.com, or contribute to the class poem. We just spend our first thirty minutes of the day enjoying poems! It's so rewarding for me as a teacher to see our kids living poetic lives.

Taurus is enjoying a poetry book by Jack Prelutsky.

Justin is publshing one of his poems on think.com. Our poetry project on this site allows our students to publish poems and receive feedback on their writing. Many students just enjoy visiting this project to read their classmates' work.

Naomi and Amy are contributing to our class poem. Each student could add one line to the poem. Here is the final draft:

The light casts small shadows across the floor
A faint sound of music flows across the room
The light shines down upon everyone
The sun sets in my eyes
It wakes me in my sleep
I rise from my bed, wiggle my toes, and think about the day ahead
I feel the cold winter floor on my toes and feet
I glide down the wooden stairs
and print my face in the glass-framed window
I never thought I'd see this but it's
snowing
I saw a white blanket of snow cover the field
I could smell the crisp ginger cookies and hot chocolate
I love cold winter days!

We invite you to experience Poetry Fridays with us. How can you bring poetry into your life on a Friday? Leave us a comment - we'd love to know your thoughts about Poetry Friday!