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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