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 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

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

"Be" by Kada

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