![]() ![]() Poetry Café-Transform your classroom into a café and have students orally read poetry to their classmates, family members, and/ or members of the school community. Invite parents or other classes to attend. Poetry Theatre-Transform your classroom into a theater and have students read poetry individually or in groups to the audience. Poetry Day-On a given day of each week, students can read a poem of their choice to their class. Students carry large cutouts or pictures to provide a visual for the viewers, with the poem attached to the back. ![]() Poetry Parade-Students parade to another classroom and recite their poetry. On performance day, the students can read all or part of the poem either individually or in a group.If students are reading their own creations, have them repeat read their poems with a partner or small group.Discuss the content of the poem, especially to teach specific information in literacy (e.g., phonograms, word families) or in another content area (e.g., math, social studies, science).Continue with students reading alternating stanzas, verses, or lines with a partner or in a small group.Model reading with expression and include volume, pitch, and tone when appropriate and pay attention to punctuation markers. Read the poem again and have students join you in the reading.Identify unfamiliar words by highlighting them with a pen or tape on the large copy of the poem.Discuss the content of the poem and encourage students to share their reactions. Model fluent reading by reading the poem orally while the students follow along with their printed copy.If possible, also make the poem available on a large sheet of paper or project it on the board. Distribute copies of the poem to students.On some occasions, give students the opportunity to locate or write a poem instead. Choose a poem to enrich, reinforce, or teach content subject matter.
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