I have always been a fan of poetry. I can't always figure out what the poem means (why is that red wheelbarrow important?) but once someone explains it I am floored by the depth and meaning that can be conveyed.
Can you believe the Amplify curriculum we use now has no poetry in it? So I have to supplement.
We read Langston Hughes, Shel Silverstein and my favorite Robert Frost. The students learn new vocabulary and come to love the rhythm and rhyme of poetry. We read and reread the same poem each day for a week. This also helps develop fluency and word recognition patterns.
Some poems I ask them to illustrate. This is Where the Sidewalk Ends:
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