#092: Teaching Poetry in Elementary Grades
Do you love teaching poetry to your students? Being a poetry lover sure helps in this endeavor.
Or maybe, just maybe, you're not a "poetry person". I get it. We didn't all learn to love poetry and how to teach poetry is a skill that doesn't always come naturally. But, there's so much you can teach about reading when you are teaching students poetry. It's worth the effort to hone your skills. I promise!
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Before you dive into learning about poetry with your students, there are some essential pieces that your students should have been introduced to. I call them "pre-poetry prep".
Many of these items you have probably already taught, but a little refresher is always good. So, give a little time to teaching or reviewing alliteration, inferencing, figurative language, rhyming, and syllabication.
Next, get ready to read a lot of poetry. Give your students lots of experience and exposure to all kinds of poetry from rhyming couplets to concrete poems.
Listen in to the full episode to find out:
- The 8 types of poetry I like to use for teaching poetry in elementary grades.
- What the important points are for students to understand poems and poetry.
- Benefits in reading skills from learning about poetry.
- How to teach a poetry lesson - the process.
- Guiding Questions to ask when discussing poems with students.
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