Honoring Poetry Month

In Honor of Poetry Month, I have been promoting my love of poetry to our students in the Spring Brook LMC.

Poetry is a genre for all! I have been introducing poets and poems with the younger students and poetry performance with the older students.

We use the phrase “if you have a poetry emergency, try 811” to help the students remember the Dewey number for poetry.

Venture over to our award winning public library and allow your child to choose some poetry books that interest him or her and try out these poetry tips at home:

 Try Repeat Reading
 Trade off reading different parts of the poem
 Add actions/gestures to the poem
 Read with Expression
 Use silly or fun voices
 Talk about how poems are similar or different
 Try poems for 2 voices and read them as a readers theater
 If appropriate, read the poem as the child dances or acts out the poem
 If the poem has a strong rhythm, have the child clap or snap along with the beat
 Give the child crayons or markers to draw what he or she sees while listening to the poem
 Try writing a poem (remember, it doesn’t have to rhyme)

-Ms. H
Spring Brook LMC Director