Keep a Poem In Your Pocket

Hi Friends,
My classroom walls are full of bulletin boards and tack strips.  I always find ways to use them, but I have one long, narrow bulletin board above my chalkboard that has been divided in half by my Smart Board.  So, I have two smaller boards to decorate.  Here's what I came up with for one of them.  I used the title of Beatrice Schenk de Regniers' poem "Keep a Poem in Your Pocket" for the wording. I used 2" black letters for that.  Then I cut a pocket from an old pair of jeans and tucked a poem inside.  Here's how it turned out.







I love poetry and use lots of it in my classroom.  I plan to hang my poetry chart on the chalkboard below this board. 

Here's my inspiration from Pinterest.  I think I will type the poem and add it to my pocket like it is here.

 



Pickles Anyone?

Hi Friends!

I recently purchased a great unit on TPT called Picklicious by Randi.  It has lots

of fun activites for reading, writing, and math.  I used it to introduce cinquains as part of my

poetry unit.  Of course, we had to eat pickles before we could write about them.

 I was surprised to find out that most of my kids like pickles. 

We had so much fun with this unit.  I highly recommend it. 

Randi shared a couple of books that work well with this unit, so I purchased those

on Amazon.  While looking for these books, I spotted a Pass the Pickle

musical game and picked that up, too.  It was a bit hit with my class.

I took a few pictures to share with you.

 

Pass the Pickle!

Hailstones & Halibut Bones

Hi Friends!

My first grade class has been learning, reading & writing about poetry

for the past two weeks.  I shared one of my all time favorite

poetry books with them called Hailstones & Halibut Bones

by Mary O'Neil.  It has beautiful poems about colors.  My class just loved it!

After reading it, I asked my kids to think about their favorite color and write

a poem about it.  I thought they did a great job!  Here's the book and a few of their poems.