In honor of National Poetry Month, I’ve been pulling together some poetry resources to share with my teachers in an after-school workshop tomorrow. (Click on the image to download the flier I sent out.) The focus is on using technology to enhance poetry lessons.
I’ve created a Poetry LiveBinder to organize all the resources to make it easier for teachers to plan poetry lessons for their students. I especially like the lessons at the Read/Write/Think website, so I’ve given them their own Tab in the binder. I’ve also included several sites featuring online poetry, and sites that offer interactive poetry-writing tools.
I’m also excited about sharing my ThingLink Channel, which features links to resources for some of the poetry books we have in our school library. These images are “re-mixable,” which means anyone can add links to any of the books I’ve uploaded. This way teachers can share their own lesson plans and activity websites for these books. It’s a great way for them to collaborate, even when they can’t meet together in person.
In addition to the web resources I’m sharing, I’ve also pulled about 75 poetry books to have on display for teachers to check out after the workshop. The books will be grouped into categories such as Haiku, Curriculum Connections, Concrete Poetry, Novels in Verse, and more.
I’ll update this post later with photos and more resources. In the meantime, please leave a comment sharing your favorite poetry site for elementary students so that I can add it to the collection!