In Guiding Readers and Writers, Fountas and state, “When you immerse your students in rich, lively poetry, you introduce them to intense, concise, skillfully crafted language.”
After reading this quote, I was convinced that POETRY was the genre I needed to use with my 4th graders. At first I thought that it was going to be hard for them especially because of the similes, metaphors, and the intense language. However, they were fascinated!!! After learning a few elements and "how-to-read a poem" rule, they were immersed!!
Since my PD is on implementing the Reader's Workshop model in my Pull-out group, I thought I would share how this genre has helped me develop the workshop model. I start my providing a mini-lesson (lot's of modeling), next we work as a group, then individual reading (conferences), we finalized with a moment to share! I'm also having my students make the anchor charts for this unit....not too neat...but they're excited about their work!
We had a great week reading a variety of poems. Next week we will be learning about Jorge's life through poems. I can't wait!!
Enjoying Poetry!
Poetry is a type of literature in which the sound and meaning of language are compiled to create ideas and feeling. "
------Arbuthnot
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