![Poetry Portfolios: Using Poetry to Teach Reading](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1853_0.jpg?h=28121b77&itok=K59qndoa)
![Multipurpose Poetry: Introducing Science Concepts and Increasing Fluency](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1927_0.jpg?h=1d52376d&itok=moEf84JC)
Creepy crawlers, hoppers, and fliers are the focus of this lesson in which students chorally read poems about insects and use the Internet to locate facts about their assigned insects.
![What Makes Poetry? Exploring Line Breaks](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1911_0.jpg?h=dc62bef8&itok=L-YJueOs)
In honor of National Poetry Month in April, tune in for recommendations of a variety of poetry books for teens.
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The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and you're surrounded by brilliant shades of green! Observe and collect sensory images from nature and use the sights, sounds, smells, and textures to create original nature poetry.
![Black Poetry Day is celebrated.](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1223_0.png?h=ceda6631&itok=PKCcSHCQ)
![In the Poet's Shoes: Performing Poetry and Building Meaning](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1920_0.jpg?h=5b202feb&itok=iMnsn1pS)
![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.
![Poetry: A Feast to Form Fluent Readers](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1973.jpg?h=63bf57a8&itok=NVnoPCgJ)
![April is National Poetry Month!](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1144_1.jpg?h=73cca598&itok=AFDpDGPz)
Students are assigned to be "poets of the day" and are provided several models to create, illustrate, and present their different poems to the class.
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Let children practice using different types of words in a fill-in-the-blank-story game before making their own word list for a magnetic poetry set.
![Comparing William Carlos Williams's Poetry with Cubist Paintings](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/14_2.jpg?h=3b347800&itok=C9zXkTa8)
Through discussion, drawing, and writing, students compare how William Carlos Williams's poetry and Cubist and Precisionist painting employ similar artistic strategies, enhancing their understanding of both kinds of text.
![Today is World Poetry Day.](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1224.jpg?h=ba5ca9cf&itok=2pktfiax)
Students read and respond to Billy Collins' poem "Introduction to Poetry." Students then write about a favorite poem and imagine the perfect way to read it.
![Language and Literacy: The Poetry Connection](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/626_0.jpg?h=031b01a4&itok=Ct-Sqzkn)
![An Exploration of Romanticism Through Art and Poetry](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1302.jpg?h=b08eab2c&itok=m2zqrvCf)
Students use art and poetry to explore and understand major characteristics of the Romantic period.
![United States Congress officially adopted the position of Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry in 1985.](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/70.jpg?h=15c5cba9&itok=F1G1-Q0B)
![Developing Aesthetic Criteria: Using Music to Move Beyond Like/Dislike with Poetry](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/161_0.jpg?h=9eb0d413&itok=Tsi5cK3P)
![Examining History with Maya Angelou's Poetry](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/97.jpg?h=affafdcc&itok=LzZn42sX)
To understand the historical background that influenced Maya Angelou's poems, students research events to produce trading cards using the ReadWriteThink Trading Card Student Interactive. Through the sharing of these trading cards, students understand the historical background as they analyze Angelou's poetry.
![Performing Poetry](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/443.jpg?h=5198e285&itok=M0sIW-oJ)
![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-)