Introduction to Poetry K8 setting 913 students 86 Freereduced lunch 2 nd grade 27 students 64 Latino 22 Black 11 White Folwell Performing Arts Minneapolis Public Schools ID: 635201
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Megan Peterson2nd Grade
Introduction to PoetrySlide2
K-8 setting (913 students)86% Free/reduced lunch2
nd
grade – 27 students64% Latino22% Black11% White
Folwell Performing Arts(Minneapolis Public Schools)Slide3
Fits into Writer’s Workshop frameworkProvides an opportunity for pre-assessmentSupports Vocabulary and language developmentMeets standards 2.6.5.6 – strengthening writing with guidance from adults and peers
2.1.4.4 -
Describe how words and phrases supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song “Poetry teaches children to have fun with words, to be daredevils and gymnasts with language, by seeing the world with fresh eyes.”
~Lucy Calkins
Why is this lesson important?Slide4
Mini lesson (10-15 minutes)
Goal: I can see the world like a poet.
Guided Practice/Extended Practice (20 minutes)
Independent Practice/Conference (20 minutes)Sharing/Closure (5-10 minutes)
What to Expect!Slide5
Now it’s my turnSlide6
Pencil Sharpener
I can see the world like a poet
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Pencil Sharpener By Zoe Ryder White
I think there are a hundred bees
inside the pencil sharpenerand they buzzand buzzand buzzuntil my point
is sharp!I can see the world
like
a poet
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Ceiling
By: Zoe Ryder White
The ceiling Is the skyFor the classroom
I can see the world
like
a poet
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Pencil
I can see the world as a poet
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Each table will receive a mystery bag. Try to see this item as a poet would see it, “in a fresh new way”
Each table will have 3 minutes(
ish) to do the following (2nd graders would get about 10 minutes, and fewer objects).Observe (looks like, sounds like, feels like)
Discuss with partnerWRITE (lists, phrases, sentences, poems . . .)
Extended Practice
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Scientist’s Notes on a Leaf
Poet’s Notes on a Leaf
One inch long, three inches wideTiny enough to be a tree for a village of snails
Sawtooth edgeIt’s as if someone scissored the edges to make them pretty
Dark green on one side
Painted
a deep forest green
Veins stick out
Scientists notes VS. poet’s notesSlide12
About 10 minutesadd
more ideas to create a poem you would want to share with a
partnerDraw illustrations, sometimes illustrations can give us more to write aboutReason: This is another opportunity for me to conference with students and ask them about their writing
Independent PracticeSlide13
SharingSlide14
Mini lesson Goal: I can see the world like a poet.
Guided Practice/
Extended PracticeIndependent Practice/Conference
Sharing/ClosureRecap of writer’s workshopSlide15
Student Examples
poems in your pocket - blogSlide16
7 books per set
Launching the Writer’s Workshop
Small Moments: Personal NarrativesWriting for Readers: Teaching Skills and StrategiesThe Craft of RevisionAuthors as MentorsNonfiction Writing: Procedures and Reports
Poetry: Powerful Thoughts in Tiny PackagesLucy CalkinsSlide17
Other references
Awakening the Heart: Poetry for Elementary and Middle School
By:
Georgia Heard
IRA website
Writing Workshop
Ralph Fletcher