Poetry in the Elementary Classroom and a Freebie

Poetry in the classroom motivates reading, develops phonemic awareness, practices sight words, builds vocabulary, and the list goes on. I love seeing the face of an aspiring reader when they realize they've read a sentence independently for the first time. These joyous moments are why I create resources that will help these learners... blossom into confident readers. 

Poetry Notebook Pages

You can implement poetry right from the first week of school with these poetry notebook pages. These original poems, written by Let's Learn S'more and designed by The Barefoot Teacher can be added daily, weekly, or as your plans allow. These were so fun to create and the response to them has been overwhelming!

Numbers & Colors Poetry

There are several resources to choose from: phonics, sight words or numbers & colors.  Each resource comes with several different options with and without blanks for students to fill in, both color and black / white. Laminate the full color version to create a classroom book. 

    Phonics or Sight Words Poetry

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For additional Poetry notebook resources or to purchase the bundle visit......

 The Barefoot Teacher

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Another resource that you might like is the Rhyme and Read emergent readers. There are 6 readers to choose from, each one comes in both a color and a  cut and paste version.  Besides rhyming, I tried to include some other skills as well, such as number recognition and positional words. The reader themes are frogs, ocean, farm, bugs, forest animals, and bees. 

Rhyme & Read Emergent Readers

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If your students love word searches.....these ones are mixed with poetry. These are available with monthly themes. Each original poem has highlighted words that student can find in the word search. 

 

Poetry Word Searches

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Bugs on Parade..............spring, bugs, and poetry go hand in hand! Bundle this up or purchase separately. Each page of the reader is a line of an original poem. Students will love to create their own reader with the cut & paste version. In the bundle, you will also find a poetry word search. Let your students create their bug hats and wear them as they have their own bug parade or participate in the write the room activity.

Bugs on Parade Bundle

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Click below to get a sample from the poetry notebook pages!

Poetry Freebie

I have loved poetry since I was a child, and I have really enjoyed creating these resources! I hope that your students enjoy them too and fall in love with poetry as much as I did. 

Let's Learn S'more

                        

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All Things Apples - Fun Apple Ideas for the Classroom

When it comes to fall, what could be more fun to learn about than APPLES? Whether it's an apple classroom theme, teaching the life cycle of an apple, making an apple craft or tasting apples, there are so many ideas one can use when teaching with apples in the classroom!



Look at this cute apple tree door display! It's a perfect addition to your classroom theme. Let students write their names on the apples before placing around the tree!

Adding apple themed number posters will help set your theme and can be utilized as an learning tool for your students!

Numbers 1-20


If you decide to teach about the life of an apple, this video will get you started..

A fun way to learn about the apple life cycle is with this cut and paste emergent reader! Students will love creating their own book as they learn about the life of an apple!

 The Life of an Apple


Encourage your little readers with these free bookmarks!

Freebie

Write the Room is a fun and educational way to learn the life cycle of the apple! It will also give the students a chance to practice their writing skills. Leave the posters up to add to your room decor.  
This bundle also includes apple themed math pages making it a complete resource for your apple unit!

The Life of an Apple


"Let's Learn S'more" and add a science experiment using apples! Students will love this fun little explosion. 




There are so many crafts you can find related to apples but this is one of my favorites! 



No apple unit would be complete without a fun snack. Student love tasting different kinds of apples and it's a great opportunity to talk about and compare the different varieties.. Or, try this snack idea!