poetry is reading! february 1 & 2, 2010
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Poetry is Reading! February 1 & 2, 2010. Presented by: Alison Schriver and Michelle Crouthamel Spring Grove Area School District. Paradise Elementary. Title 1 school 368 students enrolled Located in a rural community One of three elementary schools in district - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Poetry is Reading!February 1 & 2, 2010
Presented by:Alison Schriver and Michelle Crouthamel
Spring Grove Area School District
Title 1 school 368 students enrolled Located in a rural community One of three elementary schools in district Highest free and reduced lunch recipients 2 Reading Specialists (Title 1 instructors) 50 identified Title 1 students for reading
(based on three Basic or Below Basic scores on district reading assessments)
Paradise Elementary
Practice reading with expression Increase reading fluency Build overall speaking skills Enhance vocabulary knowledge Reinforce basic sight words Provide opportunities to read with/or to
others Quick reads and informal assessment
What can poetry do for students?
Opening activity to model fluent reading Student will practice fluent reading with the
class, a buddy, or someone at home Identify rhyming words, vowel sounds and
patterns, color words, sight words, and style of poetry
Author’s craft
How we use it in our Title 1 program?
Focus of these poems are sight words
Poems are aligned with our intervention program
Students practice two sight word poems per week
Revisit poems for nightly homework
Share poems by reading to the homeroom students
First Grade
Focus of these poems are on content and vocabulary
Riddles are also read and solved to increase vocabulary and comprehension (monthly themes)
Students read these poems nightly for homework
For extensions: students write their own riddles
Students also share their favorites by reading to the class
Second Grade
Focus of these poems are on content and vocabulary
Students read a variety of poetry styles
Discussion of the author’s purpose and the meaning of the poem
Students read these poems nightly for homework
Students also share their favorites by reading to the class
Third and Fourth Grade
Use swizzle sticks to track words Paint brushes to demonstrate fluency and
speed Stickers to motivate students to read with
expression, phrasing, and speed Highlight punctuation “Swat” the focus words in that poem Markers and crayons to add pizzazz to their
poem after they have mastered it
Ways to Engage Students with Poetry
The results we have seen…
Gr. 2 ORF Gr. 3 ORF Gr. 4 ORF
90 98 10290 63 6886 85 9791 78 7895 78 7188 83 9099 92 9395 88 8995 86 7896 94 8298 93 11497 82 69
Gr. 2 Miscue
Gr. 3 Miscue
Gr. 4 Miscue
78 100 9760 97 9679 96 9669 96 9656 98 9468 99 9884 97 9980 98 9854 99 9670 99 9689 99 9870 95 95
Tracking Results of Students from Second to Fourth Grade
Students are slowing down their reading rate to understand and think about the text
Students’ comprehension increases as fluency increases
Knowledge of sight words and vocabulary will increase understanding and fluency
As students develop their reading skills with poetry, their fluency and comprehension improve
What does this data tell us?
Poetry response journal Poetry Club – to bring in parents and
community members to read and practice poems with students and culminate with a poetry tea where students can recite some of their favorite poems
In the future…
Read and model how to write a original poems (acrostic, limerick, haiku, couplet, diamante, cinquain)
Across grade levels Poetry breaks during reading celebration
weeks During Poetry Week – students practice and
read their poem on the morning announcements
How do we incorporate poetry in our school?
Playing With Poems: Word Study Lessons for Shared Readings, K-2 by Zoe Ryder White, Heinemann: Portsmouth, NH 2008
The Daily 5, by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser, Stenhouse Publishers: Portland, Main 2006
Sight Word Poetry Pages, by Rozanne Williams, Scholastic: New York, NY 2005
Riddle Poem of the Day, by Betsy Franco, Scholastic: New York, NY 2005
Poem of the Week, by Maria Flemming, Scholastic: New York, NY Poem A Day, by Helen H. Moore, Scholastic: New York, NY 1997 Playing With Poems, by Zoe Ryder White, Heinemann: Portsmouth,
NH ISBN -13978-0-325-01735-8 Nursery Rhyme Mini-Book Plays, by Nancy I. Sanders, Scholastic:
New York, NY 2003
Professional Books and Resources
Circle-Time Poetry Science, By Jodi Simpson, Scholastic: New York, NY 2005
Circle-Time Poetry Around the Year, by Jodi Simpson, Scholastic: New York, NY 2005
Circle-Time Poetry Math, by Jodi Simpson, Scholastic: New York, NY 2005
Perfect Poems With Strategies for Building Fluency Grades 1-2, Teaching Resources: Scholastic, New York, NY 2004
Perfect Poems With Strategies for Building Fluency Grades 3-4, Teaching Resources: Scholastic, New York, NY 2004
Perfect Poems for Teaching Phonics, by Deborah Ellermeyer and Judi Hechtman, Scholastic: New York, NY 1999
Professional Books and Resources
www.poetryteachers.com www.poetryarchive.org www.findpoetry.com www.gigglepoetry.com www.readinga-z.com (membership needed)
Websites
How do you use poetry with your students?
Discussion time in small groupsGrade level, specific examples of using poetry
Choose a grade level poetry packet Think of a way to incorporate the poems
into your daily instruction Complete the outline of how you will use the
poem(s) Gallery walk to view how others will
implement poetry Share ideas that you saw and thought were
helpful
Make and Take
What do you like about the poems we read?
How has poetry helped you become a better reader?
Grade 1 •fun• help you learn• read them each day• lots of animals• just like to read them• They are great• they help us read
•we keep on seeing the sight words•some of the sight words are on our word ring•helps you read much better with everything else
Grade 2 •fun•like the rhyming•can read for homework•they talk about animals and lots of other stuff•they help me read better•like the way they sound•pictures•rhymes
•helps me figure out words•they have lots of new words•helps my fluency•helps me learn•rhyming•puts in words in you know•helps me practice my reading
Grade 3 and 4 •everything•rhyming
•helps me be a better reader•more fluent•good at rhyming•I can read anything
Let’s see what students say about poetry…
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