"Poetry is the liveliest use of language, and nobody knows more instinctively how to take delight in that playfulness than children."
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Here is a list of poetry books you can read on your own, with your parents or friends!
Touch The Poem
-Author: Arnold Adoff
-Copyright: 2000
-Genre: Poetry
-Pages: 32
Summary:
This book of poems talks about all things that a person can touch and is focused around one’s senses.
Reflection:
This book was very cute and I read it to the little girl I nanny; she absolutely loved listening to the different poems about touch. The illustrations were very beautiful and the little girl found the pictures to be very intriguing. This book would be used for lower elementary students.
How To Incorporate Into The Classroom:
I would use this book in a lesson about senses. I would begin the lesson asking students if they knew what the word touch means. This would go into a discussion about senses, specifically focusing on touch. I would ask students about all the different things they can tough and feel with their hands.I would set up various centers that had students touching various materials and explaining how they feel.
Poetry For Young People
Author: Langston Huges
-Copyright: 2006
-Genre: Poetry- Diverse Cultures
-Pages: 47
Langston Hughes filled this book with diverse poems, about the African-American culture, Slavery and US History.
I found this book of poems to be very interesting. Langston Hughes is an amazing poet and his poetry about his culture was very captivating and fun to read. I feel that this book would be very useful in a lesson about poetry, especially poetry from different cultures.
How to Incorporate Into The Classroom:This book would be perfect to integrate into a lesson plan during Back History Month and would be a great way to bring diversity into the classroom. Although this book is very pleasant to read, it has a great amount of US history incorporated into it. This book could be used in a history or poetry writing lesson plan too.
GO! Poetry In Motion
Author: Dee Lillegard
-Copyright: 2006
-Genre: Poetry
-Pages: 32
Summary:This book of poetry shows the “unique personalities” of all things that GO! This book’s illustrations are very visual and geared towards younger children. Students can use these illustrations to pick out the different objects and are able to hear poems about each moving thing.
Reflection:I thought this book was too cute. The author was very creative when creating poems that went along with moving objects. I know from my nannying experiences, young children love all things that move! I feel that not only would students be pulled in by the catchy poems, but also the books illustrations would hold the students attention.
How To Incorporate Into The Classroom:
I would use this book in a Pre-K or Kindergarten classroom. Kids this age love all things that move. This being said, I would use this book to introduce the genre of poetry. After reading this book to the class we would talk about rhyming words and I would give examples of rhyming words taken from the book. Next I would see if students could come up with their own rhyming words. As a class, we could create a short poem about objects that move using rhyming words.
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