Poetry Friday

Do you love poetry? Room 221 does! We have read Sharon Creech's "Love That Dog" - a novel written in poetry. The kids enjoyed it so much, we went on to read the sequel, "Hate That Cat."

I can't resist giving in to a love of our third grade community, so Friday mornings have become Poetry Fridays! Each Friday the children will walk in to find baskets of poetry on the rug. They can choose from each of these baskets and read by themselves or with a partner. I hope to build the excitement by adding to our collection with anthologies I find at the library. If you have any treasured poetry books at home that you would like to contribute, we would gladly borrow them.

Here's what your children had to say about Poetry Friday:

"It helps me read more poetry."

It helped me find good poetry books."

"It was fun! We could laugh and enjoy a good book."

"It was fun getting to read with our friends."

"It was a nice break from unfinished work."

Click here to see photographs from our first Poetry Friday!