Kids' Poems: Teaching Third and Fourth Graders to Love Writing Poetry
Regie Routman shares her delightful selection of free verse poems written by third-and fourth graders that will inspire your third-and fourth graders to think, I can write poems like this too! Regie provides strategies for using kids' poems as models to guide children to write poems about things they know and care about, from eating french fries to secret places and family trips. She describes the way she invites children to study the model poem, beginning by asking kids, What do you notice?...
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Regie Routman shares her delightful selection of free verse poems written by third-and fourth graders that will inspire your second graders to think, I can write poems like this too! Regie provides strategies for using kids' poems as models to guide chi
Instructional Sequence4Why Free-Verse Poetry Writing?5Getting Ready to Teach Poetry Writing8Beginning to Teach Poetry Writing11Writing the First Poems15Sharing and Celebrating17Follow-up Sessions18Demonstrating Before Each Writing Session19Publishing35The Kids' PoemsClose ObservationsFence38My Pencil40Thanksgiving42SoundInstruments44I Hear46Lighthearted LamentsMix-Up48"Honey Do's!"50PetsScruffy52If You Had a Cat Named Furball54Family Ups and DownsDivorce56Finally My "Dad" Came "Home"58Stepbrothers60NicknamesLegs60Braces Blues62Best FriendsMy Best Friend64Richard66SistersMy Sister Kayla68My Sister Nicole70Paying TributeClaudia72Dream74Bad Days!Bad Days76My Dad78SportsFootball!80Baseball Stress82SettingsColorado River84Shadows86Illustration Credits88
