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Free elementary poetry resources
Writing Prompts FREEBIE SAMPLE | Narrative, Informative, Opinion | PDF/GOOGLE
6 FREE Common Core-Aligned writing prompts pulled from my monthly writing prompt packets. Designed in traditional & real-world formats such as post cards, flyers, and newspaper articles. These prompts will help young writers discover the powerful role that writing plays in their everyday lives and make writing an adventure. All writing prompts are Common Core aligned to the following 3 English Language Arts Text Purposes: Opinion, Narrative, and Informative. ________________________________
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2nd - 3rd
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Similes and Metaphors Color by Number FREEBIE
This color-by-number printable is a sample from my COLOR BY CODE: FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE resource. If you are looking to give your students more practice with personification & hyperbole, check it out :)This Freebie Includes:A skills practice sheet focusing on similes verses metaphorsColoring sheet connecting to the answers from the skills sheetNO PREP"I Can" Statement included on every pageAnswer Keys Included*************************************************************************************
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4th - 6th
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Mother's Day Craft and Poem FREE
Enjoy this free Mother's Day craft activity!Students watercolor paint their hand-drawn flowers, and then use the template provided to write a poem all about their mom, grandma, or aunt! UPDATE: Flower templates are now included!Clear instructions are included to make this project as simple as possible! Let's honor mom with a project created especially for her this Mother's Day!
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K - 5th
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Mother's Day Questionnaire, Survey and Poem
Mother's Day questionnaire
Mother's Day survey
Mother's Day poem
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K - 4th
FREE Diamante Poetry Writing Activities - Poetry Month Lesson
This is a 8-page poetry writing freebie to help you teach Diamante Poetry with your students in 1st-3rd grade. This set also includes the 7-line variation and a non-traditional 5 line variation of the diamante poem for younger students. The pages included in the freebie are:1 brainstorming sheet2 creation pages5 templatesThe complete Poetry Writing Unit includes everything you will need to teach 13 types of poetry:Shape poetry5 Senses poetryAcrostic poetryColor poetryAlphabet poetryCinquain poet
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1st - 5th
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FREE Elements of Poetry Anchor Chart
Use this product as an anchor chart, or personal reference guide when covering poetry vocabulary and elements. Your students will love the easy to understand definitions and fun clipart!
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PreK - 4th
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Free: Poetry Ice Cream Alliteration Activities
Perfect to add to your April poetry month activities, or End of the Year into summer activities! After reading the poem Bleezer's Ice Cream choose from 5 different fun activities for students to practice recognizing and creating alliteration patterns. -Students can read the poem individually, in pairs, or groups, or project for shared reading -highlight, or identify where the author has used alliteration -sort some of the crazy flavors based on whether or not the author used alliteration to desc
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2nd - 5th
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Free Readers' Theater - Free Poetry: I Gave Myself a Haircut & Other Silly Poems
Free readers' theater poetry: "I Gave Myself a Haircut (& Other Silly Poems)"* * * * * * * * * * * * * *If you enjoy this free poetry readers' theater compilation, I encourage you to check out the full, 10-poem set—THE SILLY POEMS COLLECTION—which also includes vocabulary pages.* * * * * * * * * * * * * *For years, elementary students have enjoyed the gloriously goofy poetry of Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky, and others. Following in that tradition, "I Gave Myself a Haircut (& Other Si
Veterans Day FREEBIE Pack! (Original Poem, Emergent Reader, & Response Pages)
Enjoy this Veterans Day Freebie as you honor our veterans in your classroom!
This Veterans Day pack includes an original poem, written by me. It also includes a printable emergent reader that is great for guided reading and/or a take-home book. This book contains 8 pages of repetitive text with common sight words and strong picture support. 2 books can be made from each 8 page document. Copy the pages back-to-back, set the copier to collate, then all you have to do is slice and staple for 2 book
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PreK - 2nd
End of the Year Farewell Poem ABC Ya Great For a Memory Book Page
This is something you can read to your students on the last day of school, or tuck into a summer packet that you're making to send home, or fill up a bit of extra time by having students color the black and white template, then tuck into their Memory Books.I found a similar poem online being quoted in a variety of places, all with an unknown author. I revamped it and changed the verses for 19 letters (H through Z) then tweaked it so teachers can use it for preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade.I
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PreK - 1st
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Reading Fluency and Comprehension - CVC Word Family Poems
Inside you will find 3 FREE cvc word family poems. Every poem is engaging, easy to read and comprehend. Your little readers will love to read them to their classmates and parents!The three free pages come from my full packet. You can check out the full packet ⟶ HEREFULL PACKET DETAILSEach page includes a short poem, matching clip art image, and three prompts.⟶ [COLOR] Students color all of the words matching the specified word family⟶ [THINK] One easy comprehension question with multiple ch
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K - 2nd
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Reading Poetry Elements Unit | Writing Poems | Figurative Language Anchor Charts
Teaching students to read poetry elements and figurative language has never been easier. Students will practice both reading and writing poems through the use of these helpful anchor charts, posters and templates. This free poetry reading and writing sample covers teaching ABC poems.This is a free sample of the FULL one month unit which covers ALL of your poetry teaching needs. There is also a digital version, which includes 44 INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS and a digital template for students.Poetry Elem
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1st - 3rd
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Story Elements- Posters & Worksheet FREEBIE!!
Help your students remember and practice story elements with these fun posters and worksheet!
In my own classroom, these posters are laminated and attached to a whiteboard so that students can write in the different parts of each read aloud that we read in class.
Posters included:
Author
Illustrator
Poet
Title
Characters
Setting
Plot
Problem
Solution
A bonus worksheet is also included for your students to record story elements on by writing or drawing pictures. This worksheet would be a grea
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PreK - 2nd
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Free Readers Theater: Mother Goose Interrupted: This Little Piggy: Grade 3 4 5 6
Readers' Theater script for free: "Mother Goose Interrupted: This Little Piggy"Readers' theater (also spelled "reader's theatre") is a terrific teaching tool for developing students' reading fluency, and students will enjoy this fast and funny readers' theater script that puts a new spin on Mother Goose's "This Little Piggy." In "Mother Goose Interrupted: This Little Piggy," Mother Goose is continually interrupted by five talking toes, each with its own, distinct personality.The readers' theater
End of the Year Activity: Freebie
Download this end of the year activity for an easy craftivity for your students to complete the last weeks or days of school. Students will write and create an acrostic poem about summer and color and create this bright craftivity for a keepsake or use to decorate halls and walls.
If you like this craftivity, try my ★Wrapping It Up: End of the Year Activities Bundle.. It contains 6 more fun and unique crafts and activities for your students to create for the end of the year.
Thank you so much
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1st - 4th
End-of-Year Free Summer Readers Theater Poetry: Summertime Poem Grade 3, 4, 5, 6
Free summertime poem & readers' theater poetry script: "The First Day of Summer Vacation": The poem is presented in two formats—as a standard poem and as a readers' theater script. The natural rhythm of poetry supports students' development into fluent readers, and combined with readers' theater, that makes this free poem a perfect fluency-builder for 3rd-grade, 4th-grade, 5th-grade & 6th-grade students.* * * * *This fast and funny readers' theater poem is excerpted from SCHOOL'S ALMOST
Mother's Day | Flower Pot Poem
All Moms deserve the gift of a flower!These flower pot poem labels are great for a Mother's Day gift if you are in a bind and don't have time to grow flowers in a pot before Mothers Day. I have my kids plant flower seeds and then I print this poem and hot glue it to a craft stick and place stick in the flower pot. This makes a cute and very simple gift for moms.Labels in 2 different sizes and several different clipart flowers.
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PreK - 4th
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Figurative Language Anchor Chart FREEBIE
Printable or traceable Figurative Language Anchor Chart FREEBIE! Contains 7 types of figurative language and their definitions:idiommetaphorsimileonomatopoeiapersonificationalliterationhyperbole******************************If you are seeking more products relating to Figurative Language, check these out:Literal and Figurative Heart ELA Reading and Writing Activity Pack Seasonal Elements of Poetry and Prose ELA ActivitiesSeasonal ELA Activities BIG BUNDLE for Upper Elementary
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Seasonal ELA Reading and Writing Activities BIG BUNDLE
Acrostic Poem Templates
This product includes- 2 Acrostic Poem Templates (up to 9 letter words)Looking for other text specific writing templates? Check these out!PoetryRecountsDescriptionsNarrativesExpositionsExplanationsProceduresDiscussionsInformation Reports---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow me on Instagram to see these products in the classroom!Have an issue or question about the product? Reach out and I will help you out
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1st - 4th
Fun Spring Writing Paper Freebie
Here's a spring writing freebie for you! It contains five pages, two for a spring acrostic poem and three for a creative writing. Get your kiddos excited about spring with some fun writing paper!
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K - 3rd
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Poetry Frames & Templates
These poetry templates & frames are perfect for teaching your students how to write poetry. Each poetry frame and template provides explicit, step-by-step directions for writing each type of poem.
Poetry frames & templates for Cinquain, Haiku, Diamante, Acrostic, Concrete, Limerick & Tank are included in this FREE pack.
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2nd - 4th
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Mother's Day Poem Freebie
This poem is sure to make mom smile!I included a page for mom, mum, grandma, aunt, and a "you are special" page. Each loved one has a boy and girl version!I hope you love it! :)You might also like:Mother's Day Flower Craft Father's Day Poem (freebie)
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K - 4th
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Elementary Poetry Collection
Here is a collection of poems and activities that I put together to use throughout the year with my students. None of the poems are original- but they sure are fun to learn!
There are poems related to each month, season, and holiday throughout the school year.
**Revised March 2013**
All of the authors to these poems are unknown unless otherwise noted. Credit is given to all known poets. If you are aware of the author of one of these poems, please contact me at: mary.lirette@yahoo.com
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PreK - 2nd
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Similes and Metaphors anchor charts {FREEBIE}
These free similes and metaphors anchor charts are free piece of my Vocabulary Vacation bundle. If you're teaching similes and metaphors to your 2nd or 3rd grade students, these posters will be great to use on your focus wall!If you like this resource, you may like my other vocabulary and ELA anchor charts here:ELA Anchor Charts BundleThanks so much for stopping by my shop!Ashley
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1st - 5th
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Learn more about poetry resources
Poetry encourages students to engage with language, explore their thoughts and feelings, and connect with the broader human experience. If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital poetry resources, look no further. TPT has an extensive collection of resources, created by other teachers, that are designed to help with any need across grade levels.
If you want to make poets out of younger students in elementary grades, then acrostic poems or fill in the blank poems are the perfect place to start. (In fact, many poetry resources on TPT include templates so your students can easily get started producing their own poetry, whether it’s a haiku, or limerick.) For older students in middle and high school, you can find an array of resources to teach them about everything from iambic pentameter, figurative language, to famous poets from history. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, you can sharpen your students’ poetry skills in no time.
Fun and engaging poetry activities to try
Teaching students about poetry can be an engaging and creative experience. Here are a few ideas for poetry activities that you can find on TPT to help you introduce and explore the world of poetry with your students:
Poetic Device Scavenger Hunt
Distribute some poems and have students identify and highlight poetic devices like similes, metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and imagery. Discuss what these are and the overall impact on the reader's experience.
Poetry Analysis Jigsaw
Divide students into small groups, assigning each group a different poem. Have each group analyze the assigned poem's themes, tone, and literary devices, and present their findings to the class.
Poetry Slam or Performance
Organize a poetry slam where students can perform poems they’ve written themselves or those written by famous poets. This will help build confidence and strengthen their public speaking skills.
Writing Poetry from Different Perspectives
Ask students to write a poem from the perspective of an inanimate object or an animal to foster empathy and encourage creative, out-of-the-box thinking.
Creating Found Poetry
Provide magazines, newspapers, or online articles. Have students cut out interesting words and phrases, and use them to create their own unique poems.
These (and other!) activities can help deepen your students’ appreciation for poetry and enhance their creative writing skills.
Frequently asked questions about teaching poetry
What types of poetry resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of poetry resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular poetry lessons include learning how to write haikus, acrostic poems, limericks, and free verse.
How do I find poetry resources on TPT?
Educators can save time preparing poetry lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for poetry resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of poetry lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
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