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From: Annette Goldsmith <ayg>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:42:36 -0400
Great idea, Joyce! Like Robin, I've been inspired by Naomi Shihab Nye, and adopted one of her ideas for my public library summer reading club for 8 year olds. We did a different genre every week (the children could choose their books from ones I'd set aside, or bring their own). I ended the poetry session by giving each child the gift of one of my favorite poems, all taken from books that we'd looked at together, so they might recognize the poet. I didn't even go so far as getting an envelope: just folded the poem and sealed it with a sticker. They chose their poems according to the sticker. Naomi's suggestion was to give them a poem and let them share it or read it alone, as they preferred. Most of them opened it right away, but I really liked that they could savor it on their own if they wished.
Annette Goldsmith Tallahassee, FL
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When I go into schools for poetry residencies, I often find that the library has great poetry books but they aren't being read. One way I encourage "poetry finding" is a device called a Poetry Pocket. I go buy a stack of colorful envelopes at a discount paper store and stamp them with a butterfly stamp. Into each envelope goes a small copy of one of my favorite children's poems.
I tell the kids the first day that if they find a poem and copy it out for me, they can trade it for a Pocket Pocket, and I will use their poem for future Poetry Pockets. If they bring in another poem another day, I give them an additional poem they can put in their Pocket.
Some of them take this very seriously, finding all sorts of stuff--not just Jack Prelutsky but Lucille Clifton and Carl Sandburg. In my last 4th grade residency, I was swamped! I had to copy poems every night to keep up!! It was great. If we have time, the kids will read the poems they found out loud and tell why they liked them.
This dovetails nicely with a week of reading poetry out loud, writing group poems, and individual writing. For more experiences in the classroom and thoughts on the importance of teaching kids poetry, go to http://www.joycesidman.com/teachers.html.
Joyce Sidman www.joycesidman.com
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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:42:36 -0400
Great idea, Joyce! Like Robin, I've been inspired by Naomi Shihab Nye, and adopted one of her ideas for my public library summer reading club for 8 year olds. We did a different genre every week (the children could choose their books from ones I'd set aside, or bring their own). I ended the poetry session by giving each child the gift of one of my favorite poems, all taken from books that we'd looked at together, so they might recognize the poet. I didn't even go so far as getting an envelope: just folded the poem and sealed it with a sticker. They chose their poems according to the sticker. Naomi's suggestion was to give them a poem and let them share it or read it alone, as they preferred. Most of them opened it right away, but I really liked that they could savor it on their own if they wished.
Annette Goldsmith Tallahassee, FL
Message----From: 4joyces at mchsi.com [mailto:4joyces at mchsi.com] Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 4:09 PM To: Subscribers of ccbc-net Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] Classroom idea for poetry
When I go into schools for poetry residencies, I often find that the library has great poetry books but they aren't being read. One way I encourage "poetry finding" is a device called a Poetry Pocket. I go buy a stack of colorful envelopes at a discount paper store and stamp them with a butterfly stamp. Into each envelope goes a small copy of one of my favorite children's poems.
I tell the kids the first day that if they find a poem and copy it out for me, they can trade it for a Pocket Pocket, and I will use their poem for future Poetry Pockets. If they bring in another poem another day, I give them an additional poem they can put in their Pocket.
Some of them take this very seriously, finding all sorts of stuff--not just Jack Prelutsky but Lucille Clifton and Carl Sandburg. In my last 4th grade residency, I was swamped! I had to copy poems every night to keep up!! It was great. If we have time, the kids will read the poems they found out loud and tell why they liked them.
This dovetails nicely with a week of reading poetry out loud, writing group poems, and individual writing. For more experiences in the classroom and thoughts on the importance of teaching kids poetry, go to http://www.joycesidman.com/teachers.html.
Joyce Sidman www.joycesidman.com
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