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Poetry Unit for Primary Grades {Poetry Journal for Poetry Month}

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1st - 4th, Homeschool
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This was a great resource! My students were struggling with poetry, and this helped to make teaching it a bit easier! I love all the different kinds of poetry that are included.
This resource is great! It is easy to set up and my students have loved learning about the different types of poems and putting together their poetry journals!
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Description

This poetry unit makes writing poetry simple and fun for your students! It is also a teacher friendly unit that has everything you need in one download! No prep needed, simply print and teach!

This unit covers a total of 28 different poems. Each poem has a teacher explanation sheet with a poem example, as well as a writing template for your students to use as they write their own poem!

This unit can be covered in a 1-5 week time frame, depending on how long you want to spend on each type of poem.

The poems your students write can be compiled in a folder and made into their own personal poetry journal. The templates and examples make writing poetry so easy for your students, you can also make this into a poetry writing center!

The following is included in this unit:

-Cover Page and Binder Spine to make your own Poetry Teacher Binder

-Teaching Notes

-Poetry Battle Activity with Bracket and Voting Ballets

-Ranking Poetry Worksheet

-What is Poetry? KWL Chart

-Teaching Posters for: What is Poetry?, What is a Poet’s Purpose?, Poems Can Have.., We Know Poetry…, and Poetry Form

-Figurative Language Posters for: Rhyme, Rhythm, Metaphor, Simile, Hyperbole, Alliteration, Repetition, Personification, Onomatopoeia, and Imagery

-2 Poetry Journal Cover Pages

-About the Poet Page

-Our “Poetree” Poster to display with your student’s poetry in the hallway

-Poets at Work parent letter to send home with their poetry journal

The 28 poems covered in this unit; each with an explanation sheet, poem example, and writing template include:

-2-Worder Poem

-5 Senses Poem

-Acrostic Poem

-Adjective Poem

-Alphabet Alliteration Poem

-Bio Poem

-Cinquain Poem

-Color Poem

-Couplet Poem

-Diamante Poem

-Free Verse Poem

-Haiku Poem

-Holiday Poem

-I Am Poem

-I Like Poem

-I Wish Poem

-If I Were Poem

-If It Weren’t For You Poem

-Important Poem

-I’m So Smart Poem

-ing Poem

-Limerick Poem

-List Poem

-Quatrain Poem

-Shape Poem

-Triplet Poem

-Who, What, When, Where, Why Poem

-Word Picture Poem

Click HERE to read more about my Poetry Unit and to find a list of my favorite poems to read to my students!

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Total Pages
92 pages
Answer Key
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Teaching Duration
1 month
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
With prompting and support, read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for grade 1.
Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.

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