Poetry Month

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Celebrating Poetry Month

We encourage you to make copies of these materials for your classroom or personal use.

1. Take a poetry trip to the library.
2. Read and discuss a poem every day. See our list of new poetry titles.
3. Share a poem from J. Patrick Lewis with your students. Free downloadable bookmark available.
4. Help students memorize a poem and recite it to a family member.
5. Encourage students to write a poem every day. Try our poetry starters.
6. Host a poetry reading.
7. Host a Bad Poetry Reading.
8. Have students create an in-class display of favorite poetry books.
9. Share these crossword puzzles with your students.
10. Have students create a bulletin board of their favorite poems by famous poets, including illustrations.
11. Publish a book of poems by students, each student contributing his or her best work. Give a copy to the library for the shelves.
12. Share with your students Q&As with well-known children's poets.