First grade poems

Visualizing is one of my very favorite skills to teach little readers. Why? It's a powerful skill that is used throughout life and really helps with reading and listening comprehension.

Using poetry with kids or any age is highly effective, as I’ve mentioned before. It’s also a bonus when you can find FREE poems for kids. And that’s exactly what we’ve created with our Seasonal Poetry Packs. Designed mainly for K-2nd grades, you’ll find poems for kids plus reading, spelling, writing, and comprehension activities to ... Read More about FREE Poems for Kids {Seasonal Poetry Packs}

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Since it's National Poetry Month, let's all pick a poem and memorize it -- our kids, too. It's so rich to have those words hanging around our brains.

Poetry writing continued in the library all week! I chose different poetry writing activities for each grade level, geared toward their development level. I found a template for an “I Am…

If you use poetry in your early childhood classroom, you may like this set of 40 sight word poems for shared reading. These poems are simple...

I like to spend a couple weeks each year teaching my students about poetry. We do a number of fun activities in addition to reading and wr...

If you live near Boston you won't believe how beautiful it is out !! The kids keep saying !! The kids keep saying It's Summer!! These are some poems my class is learning this week during Shared Reading Time. Each child will get a copy for their poetry books. During Daily 5 Time a must do read a new poem/song chart. The student's illustrate their small copy to practice during Read To Self Time! Happy Spring!! word chunk OOK ~sight words and, you The kids love this poem!!! Click Here For…

Teaching sight words is always so tricky every year. Some students seem to learn them quickly, while others struggle all year long. Last year, I created Sight