250 search results for poetry
- TILE-SIG Featured Educational Blog: The Miss Rumphius Effect
- <img sfref="[images]d58d102a-4eb7-4392-ad44-2d05a4dbd58d" src="/images/default-source/reading-today/avatardenisestuart.jpg" alt="denise stuart" title="avatardenisestuart" style="float: left; margin: 0px 8px 8px 0px;" />Technology SIG member Denise Stuart lauds teacher Tricia Stohr-Hunt's nonfiction and poetry blog, The Miss Rumphius Effect.
- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2013/05/10/tile-sig-featured-educational-blog-the-miss-rumphius-effect
- for teaching poetry, non-fiction and other literature for early to middle readers (Stohr-Hunt, 2013). She, experiences—humorous, serious, and divers—in review of collections of poetry and in excerpts of individual poems. As part of her “Poetry A:Z” section she blogs about baseball and poetry, and before, to teaching content areas, books and reviews, poetry and a trip she took to China with an extensive photo, ” with topics like the science of snow and bugs by the numbers and “Poetry Friday” that links poems
- Create Poems Inspired by Fun Objects with ReadWriteThink’s New Online Interactive
- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2012/06/19/create-poems-inspired-by-fun-objects-with-readwritethink-s-new-online-interactive
- Teachers looking to bring some excitement into writing poetry need look no farther than Theme, . Theme Poems offers many lesson ideas for teachers interested in including poetry in their plans or incorporating poetry into other subject areas. The shapes can be used to write poems about geometry, poetry interactives. Illinois teacher Janet Beyersdorfer shared a lesson entitled “Theme Poems, ReadWriteThink poetry activities in interesting ways in her session entitled “Creating Powerful Poetry Using
- Apps to Inspire Transmediation
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- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2016/01/14/apps-to-inspire-transmediation
- medium such as art, poetry, or song. The process of transmediation can help students reenvision an idea, their writing based on this activity. Another app I use is Lark , by Storybird. Lark is a poetry app that allows my students to transmediate an aspect of their writing into poetry during, a finite set of words to create a poem—think magnetic poetry set. At the revision stage, I invite, phrases and vocabulary from their poems and imagery conjured up through the poetry and image in Lark
- Gathering Diverse Texts for Multimodal Enrichment
- <img alt="" sfref="[images|OpenAccessDataProvider]4adb7fc1-674c-6d52-9eff-ff000089f9b9" src="/images/default-source/reading-today/avatarblendspace.jpg?sfvrsn=0.09411294967867434" title="avatarBlendspace" style="float: left;" />Blendspace works nicely as a visual filing cabinet for potential resources, which I’ll later post to Edmodo if I choose to use them.
- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2014/06/06/gathering-diverse-texts-for-multimodal-enrichment
- for an entire unit. Here’s a snapshot of my poetry collection page: Transitioning to Edmodo Because my, multimodal texts will enrich my students’ understanding of this topic? In the case of poetry, I found, their work, videos of popular songs and their lyrics, choral performances of famous poetry put to music, photos of poetry posted in public places, and multimedia interpretations of poetry. Consistent, . Students write poems to “Haiku the School” with public poetry; they compose poems grounded
- Book Reviews: Professional Reading
- <img sfref="[images]08669341-0ca6-426f-a808-8628a8abf5f4" src="/images/default-source/reading-today/avatarthepoetryfriday.jpg" alt="Poetry" title="avatarthepoetryfriday" style="float: left; margin: 0px 8px 8px 0px;" />Members of the Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group share professional reading picks.
- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2012/09/13/book-reviews-professional-reading
- , Sylvia M. (2012). The poetry teacher’s book of lists. Seattle: CreateSpace. If you are looking for one book to help improve your teaching of poetry, then this is the one for you! This book is a treasure trove containing over 155 different lists and featuring over 1,500 books of poetry for children and teens. Interested in award-winning poetry or books of poetry considered notable? This book contains 27 of those lists. Vardell has also includes 19 holiday and seasonal poetry booklists, 7
- DCRC Hosts Young Authors' Reception
- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2011/08/25/dcrc-hosts-young-authors'-reception
- their original stories and poetry in the annual DCRC creative writing contest. The DCRC judged more than 100, . They are identified with the school district they attend.
DCRC Poetry Winners- Front left to right, placed at state level: Poetry: First Grader, Addison Theilman – first place; Second Grader
- Add African American Dads to your Literacy Programs and Watch Magic Happen
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- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2017/07/12/add-african-american-dads-to-your-literacy-programs-and-watch-magic-happen
- pieces. Poetry is a fun form of expression. Hold a poetry slam night and promote the likes of Gil, such as The Poetry Foundation, Poem Hunter, and All Poetry. In order to find the men in your community who wish
- Center for the Book “River of Words” Program Gets a New Home
- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2011/10/25/center-for-the-book-river-of-words-program-gets-a-new-home
- The Saint Mary’s College Center for Environmental Literacy in Moraga, California, is the new home of the River of Words environmental poetry and visual arts program, which the Center for the Book has co-sponsored since its inception in 1995. River of Words (www.riverofwords.org) is a K-12 program founded by former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass and the Center for Environmental Literacy’s new, that engages students to create poetry and art based on the watersheds in their communities.
“The Center
- ILA Member Accomplishments
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- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2016/09/14/ila-member-accomplishments
- a number of award-winning children’s books and poetry about Wyoming and life in the West. As Poet, Council to instill a love of poetry in students. Rebecca Pitkin was named the new executive director
- Plugged In: Coming to You Live…Mentor Texts
- I know that writing instruction can strike fear in the hearts of many educators. I think many teachers wonder, “Do I have to be a strong writer in all genres to teach my students how to write?” Although I feel like teachers who write become more confident in leading their students through writing projects, and they understand better the perspective of a student who is composing a piece of writing, there is no way we can become true experts in all genres.
- https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2012/11/28/plugged-in-coming-to-you-live-mentor-texts
- expressed an interest in publishing poetry for a collaborative project in which they were engaged with peers across the country. Different students wanted to learn different types of poetry. We began by creating a poetry binder. Within that binder, we created different tabs for the different forms of poetry that my students were interested in writing. Then, under each tab, we could put the different, on our poetry project, I connected with another teacher who was also teaching poetry. I gave her editing