April is National Poetry Month

To celebrate poetry and National Poetry month, library classes have been experimenting with poetry in various forms. Kindergarten and first grade have enjoyed poems by Jack Prelutsky, Shel Silverstein, Bobbi Katz, Robert Louis Stevenson and more. 2nd graders worked with ReadWriteThink's WordMover interactive. WordMover is creating poetry with found words from either a word bank or famous works. Here are a few samples of our students' creations:

Third grade used StoryBird.







5th Grade used discarded book pages to make Blackout Poetry. Media Assistant Ms. Dillard demonstrated how to add art to blackout poems.

Ms. Dillard adds an artistic touch to @Woodland_Hgts 5th grade #blackoutpoetry lesson. #poetrymonth @mrdearybury1 #futurereadylibs pic.twitter.com/1Nj5srzmTG

— Elizabeth Graham (@Libscigal) April 21, 2017

Poem in Your Pocket Day - April 21st, 2016

In preparation for Poem in Your Pocket Day, students watched Emily Arrow's video for her song, "Poem in Your Pocket", motions included. Here, Mrs. Novak's class sings along:

1st graders rock out to @helloemilyarrow's Poem in Your Pocket @Woodland_Hgts library. #PoemInYourPocketDay #slm16 pic.twitter.com/a8RAFr2POu

— Elizabeth Graham (@Libscigal) April 21, 2016

Poetry Month: Student Word Mover Poems

2nd grader's WordMover found word poem @RWTnow #PoetryMonth #slm pic.twitter.com/anFBPSewFB

— Elizabeth Graham (@Libscigal) April 19, 2016

April Preview - Poetry, Projects and Wimpy Kid Cover Reveal Parties

4th and 5th grade are busy with their final research projects of the year. 4th grade has researched important events and figures of the Revolutionary War and will create a Wanted Poster as a final digital product. 5th graders are learning about famous people that played a part in World War II. They will create a PowerPoint presentation to share their knowledge, complete with references featuring full citations. Way to learn those information literacy skills!

Save the date: April 21 is Poem in Your Pocket Day! https://t.co/qznPQS0uSD pic.twitter.com/mmg36CXkWM

— John Schu (@MrSchuReads) April 2, 2016

April is #wimpykidmonth! Head to https://t.co/MGN965FPF3 to celebrate all month long! pic.twitter.com/b58NCFmvjZ

— Jeff Kinney (@wimpykid) April 1, 2016

5th Grade Word Mover Poetry

During National Poetry Month, various grades have created "found poetry" using ReadWriteThink.org's WordMover web tool. This week 5th grade students got to try and their efforts were impressive. Below are two especially noteworthy examples. 

"Misunderstood" by Tatum

Storybird Poetry by Noah

@Storybird 3rd grade students using Storybird to create visual poetry. #NationalPoetryMonth pic.twitter.com/s71oEneRhB

— Elizabeth Graham (@Libscigal) April 23, 2015

"Be" by Kada

RT @Libscigal: @RWTnow 2nd grade student poetry created with WordMover. #NationalPoetryMonth pic.twitter.com/Lffy1d8PDi
— ReadWriteThink.org (@RWTnow) April 21, 2015

National Poetry Month Activity: Storybird

April is National Poetry Month and we will have poetry centered lessons, centers and activities all month long in the Woodland Heights Library. Today I tested out Storybird's poem creator. Choose artwork from a wide variety of options and then select words that fit the picture to form a poem. Hope the third graders have fun with this!