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

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!