Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Little Little Poems From Little Little People

I don't recall getting a lot of pleasure out of studying poetry as a student.  Even as an adult I don't feel very competent with poetry, but oddly enough it's become my favorite genre to teach my young writers.  You and your writers are missing out if you haven't tried it.  (Click here to read my poetry posts.)  


It's hard to bring such a great unit to an end, but to help us celebrate we created a classroom poetry anthology.  I sorted through their writing folders and took out a few of their best poems.  Then each poet chose one from that selection that they wanted to publish.  As a class, we came up with a name and dedication page.  I copied it all 25 times over, so each child would have their own copy of the anthology.  I took a few pictures of some poems I thought you might enjoy reading. 











I'm really hoping that when these writers are studying or writing poetry during the next 11 years they'll appreciate and enjoy it a whole lot more than I ever did.  Job well done if that's the case.


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13 comments:

  1. If these students continue to have great writing teachers each year like you, they will be just wonderful! If they are this good now, I can't imagine what they will be thinking up later!
    Lori
    Conversations in Literacy

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    1. Thank you Lori. They've come a long way this year and hopefully it's just the tip of the iceberg.

      ❀ Tammy
      Forever in First

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  2. WoW - this is amazing, Tammy! Thanks SO much for sharing. Rock on, little poets.

    Barbara
    The Corner On Character

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    1. Barbara, thank you for coming by and reading. They are amazing little poets.

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  3. What great little poets! I am sure years from now they will look back on this anthology with fondness and amusement :)

    Julie
    Light A Fire in Third

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    1. Julie, I bet you're right about both those things! (I hope they still have them years from now!)

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    1. Thank you Barbara. I love that you came by!

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  5. Sooo cute! I always love reading other students work :)

    Jessica Stanford
    mrsstanfordsclass.blogspot.com

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    1. Thank you Jessica. I'm glad that you stopped by to read them.

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  6. What a wonderful treasure for them! :-)
    imgoingfirst@gmail.com

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    1. Thank you Delighted. I sure hope they keep and treasure them for a very long time.

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  7. Oh, my goodness! These poems are masterpieces. What a splendid idea, Tammy! Your children are so fortunate to have you as their teacher.

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