This online tool enables students to learn about and write diamante poems.
![Diamante Poems](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/931.png?h=0280284a&itok=xzliWApe)
![AcrosticPoem](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/2021-06/AcrosticPoem.jpg?h=e5805e83&itok=wWbopsel)
This online tool enables students to learn about and write acrostic poems. Elements of the writing process are also included.
![Theme Poems](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/935.jpg?h=6941a612&itok=Ep3aVho4)
Formerly known as Shape Poems, this online tool allows elementary students to write poems in various shapes.
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Use shape and theme poems, or poems that look like the things they describe, as a fun way to introduce children to poetry.
![Haiku Poem Interactive](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/136.jpeg?h=a4decf65&itok=kUIRdW8w)
![Alliteration in Headline Poems](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1917_0.jpg?h=7c0b2b5b&itok=6Cfu0aDM)
![Letter Poem Creator](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/951.jpg?h=51a0c963&itok=J-L0vR0-)
The Letter Poem Creator provides an online model for the thought process involved in creating poems based upon a letter; then, students are invited to experiment with letter poems independently.
![Participate in Poem in Your Pocket Day!](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1035_0.jpg?h=468c56d1&itok=LxPlNCPp)
Students select a poem and create a Stapleless Book using the interactive tool.
![Letter Poems Deliver: Experimenting with Line Breaks in Poetry Writing](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1900_0.jpg?h=fa1c963e&itok=igLG9JL-)
![Acrostic Poem](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/813_1.jpg?h=3f42818d&itok=pN3gUP5o)
![Diamante Poem](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/844_0.jpg?h=3f42818d&itok=8QZaFLQs)
![Writing Acrostic Poems with Thematically Related Texts in the Content Areas](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/59_1.jpg?h=56ccfbac&itok=hoGHx-kY)
![Ernest Thayer, author of the famous poem "Casey at the Bat," was born in 1863.](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1253_0.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=fHGm_66D)
![Joyful Noises: Creating Poems for Voices and Ears](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/637_0.jpg?h=031b01a4&itok=11z4fE_S)
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Choose favorite rhyming songs or nursery rhymes then replace the rhyming words with seasonal themes.
![Peace Poems and Picasso Doves: Literature, Art, Technology, and Poetry](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1906_0.jpg?h=0d27ee61&itok=x6xYpV1h)
Students apply think-aloud strategies to reading and to composition of artwork and poetry. They research symbols of peace as they prewrite, compose, and publish their poetry.
![Word Mover](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/222.jpg?h=73541a1f&itok=9ZLKQgLd)
Word Mover allows children and teens to create "found poetry" by choosing from word banks and existing famous works; additionally, users can add new words to create a piece of poetry by moving/manipulating the text.
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After reading a book or magazine, children and teens can choose a section and transform it into what's known as a "found poem."
![Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar was born today in 1872.](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/11_3.jpg?h=1cdfc481&itok=aDWiYyqJ)
![Talking Poetry with Blabberize](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/262.jpg?h=4ca9cb25&itok=Fc6M9RiL)
Students will be motivated to share their poetry through an online tool the features recording and animation.