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

Poetry in the Library: Shorebird by 3rd Grade

Third graders used Shorebird to create found word poetry. Students select artwork then use word tiles to form a poem. Searching through the original artwork was the students' favorite part.

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

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!