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Poems Are Teachers

How Studying Poetry Strengthens Writing in All Genres

Amy Ludwig VanDerwater

Grade: 2nd-8th

Pub Date: 10/6/2017

“Poems wake us up, keep us company, and remind us that our world is big and small, And too, poems teach us how to write. Anything.” Amy Ludwig VanDerwater explains in Poems Are Teachers.

This is a practical book designed for every classroom teacher. Each lesson exploration includes three poems, one by a contemporary adult poet... more

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Naming the World

A Year of Poems and Lessons

Nancie Atwell

Grade: 6th-8th

Pub Date: 8/15/2016

Harnessing the power of poetry, Nancie Atwell's Naming the World: A Year of Poems and Lessons empowers adolescents to make sense of their personal place in the world while honing their critical reading and writing skills. Naming the World's 200+ poems and accompanying five-to-ten-minute lessons are used by Nancie every day to jumpstart her reading and writing... more

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Blog Post: Poems Are Not Just Poems

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Playing with Poems

Word Study Lessons for Shared Reading, K-2

Zoe Ryder White

Grade: K-2nd

Pub Date: 9/23/2008

The ideas presented here are incredibly practical, easily implemented, and highly effective.

—Kathy Collins

Author of Growing Readers

Why aren’t there more good poems for use in shared reading? Poems that address key curricular goals

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Blog Post: Ideas for Writing Poems in a Pandemic

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Blog Post: Seeded Heart Poems of Hope

An activity with heart shaped paper, seeded with wildflowers, for writing poems of hope.... more

Blog Post: Katherine Bomer on Amy Ludwig VanDerwater's Poems Are Teachers

As if the wealth of Amys own writing and teaching ideas were not enough by themselves, she gifts us with a trove of poems by our favorite childrens poets.... more

Blog Post: Reading Poetry in the Middle Grades: CCSS Exemplar Poems and Lessons

Reading Poetry in the Middle Grades: CCSS Exemplar Poems and Lessons... more

Blog Post: On the Podcast: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater on Poems Are Teachers

Once we can get past the idea that poems are in their own little word, they open up a world of possibilities in the classroom.... more