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Invitation
by: Shel Silverstein
If you are a dreamer, come in,
If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,
A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer...
If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire
For we have some flax-golden tales to spin.
Come in!
Come in!
Your child is in for a treat when it comes to studying poetry in my class! At the beginning of the year, I expose them to several different kinds and types of poetry to get them excited about it! We read poetry three different ways in the classroom; silently, out loud and with a partner/group. Poetry is an excellent way for children to practice fluency because of the repetition and short lines. We also practice finding and highlighting rhyming words in different poems. This helps up with phonics skills because we learn words with the same sounds that are spelled the same and words with the same sound but spelled differently!In October, your child will start to get a monthly poetry folder with 15-20 different poems for the month! Every Friday morning, your child will get the opportunity to participate in performance poetry! I will split the class into smaller groups where they will select a poem, practice reading it and then come up with actions to go along with their poem! I do teach the children how to perform in front of an audience and we learn to smile when we talk, enunciate our words, hold our scripts away from our face and give everyone a speaking line. I am a strong believer that children should be taught communication skills and learn how to be comfortable in front of a group of people! Since they are at the age where sharing and being in front of their class is fun and exciting, it is important to develop these skills now. Therefore, what better way to do it then performing silly and fun poems in order to practice and apply communications skills!
April is national poetry month and your child will have an opportunity to become their own poet! This will be an opportunity for your child to shine as an author and practice writing the different types of poems we have studied so far this year! These poems will then make up a portfolio your child will get to keep! We wrap up poetry month with The Negley Nook Café where parents and grandparents are welcome in the classroom to join us in poetry activities for the day!
Here is a look at the different types of poetry we will study this year:
Acrostic: the first letters of the lines form a word or a sentence when read downward.
Bio Poem: A poem all about us!
Line One: Name
Line Two: Four words that describe you
Line Three: List 3 family members
Line Four: where you live
Line Five: your favorite book
Line Six: three things you like to do
Line Seven: three things you love
Line Eight: three things you wish for
Line Nine: three people you admire
Line Ten: three things you need
Line Eleven: two things you aspire to be (what you want to do or be)
Line Twelve: Last NameCinquain: is composed of five lines with the following syllabic pattern 2/4/6/8/2.
Diamante: a poem consisting of seven lines about 2 opposite things.
Line 1: noun (one word) subject is the opposite of the word in the last line
Line 2: adjectives (two words) describe the subject in first line
Line 3: ing words (three words) about the subject in first lin
Line 4: nouns (4 words) two are about subject in the first line and the other two are about subject in the last line
Line 5: ing words (three words) about the subject in last line
Line 6: adjectives (two words) describe the subject in last line
Line 7: noun (one word) subject is the opposite of the word in the first lineEnd Rhyme: sound repetitions which occur at the ends of the lines!
Free Verse: lines of poetry that are written without a regular rhythm or rhyme scheme!
Haiku: a Japanese form of poetry consisting of three short lines with a syllable pattern and often about nature. The syllables are often arranged in a 5/7/5 pattern.
Lanterne: is composed of five lines with the following syllabic pattern 1/2/3/4/1.Newspaper: interesting words, phrases or headlines are cut out of the newspaper and rearranged until a poem emerges!
Picture (Concrete) Poem: the meaning is suggested by the arrangement of the words!
Sonnet (Bite-Sized): a poem of fourteen lines with one syllable in each line!
Triolet: an eight line poem. Lines 1,4,7 are identical; lines 2 and 8 are identical; lines 3 and 5 rhyme with the first line; lines 6 rhymes with the second line.
Uta: a five line poem of Japanese origin. The syllables are arranged as a 5/7/5/7/7 pattern.
