Potato Hill Poetry

Thanks so much to the PTC for bringing third grade Potato Hill Poetry! Mr. Andrew Green was a pleasure to work with in our classroom Monday. He shared many of his wonderful poems with us. As he shared, he talked about many important techniques and strategies writers can use to create powerful poetry.

*Think about how words sound together

*Poems repeat

*Poems can have patterns

*Poems can have refrains

*Write about small moments

Mr. Green also helped us consider the theme of unity. He encouraged children to brainstorm ideas, words and phrases that they connected with unity. We used these ideas to begin a whole class poem. The other third grade classes are working on similar poems based on different themes. We are really excited that a Dance Team will come to us next week to help each class choreograph a dance that will match their poem. We will end the week by sharing our poetry and dance with the entire school at assembly.

 

Thanks again to the PTC for providing us with this wonderful opportunity!