Poetry Month Activity ideas

Short on time? Stumped for ideas to engage your students during Poetry Month?

Try some of these great ideas compiled by Erica of the What Do We Do All Day blog. Check out Erica's blog.  It has many easy, fun things that can be incorporated into lessons.

Spine Poem

• Write a spine poem using the books on your shelves.

• Write a simple color poem. (The Measured Mom)

• Write a “never” poem. (The Write Shop)

• Write an acrostic name poem. (Mama Smiles)

• How to write haiku (article by poet Bob Raczka, poet and author of  GUYKU: A Year of Haiku for Boys. Via Imagination Soup)

Concrete (Shape) Poem

• Write a riddle poem. (Imagination Soup)

• Write poetry using magnetic words. Use set of really big magnetic poetry words. It helps take the pressure off writing to have a selection of words to chose from.

• Write a concrete poem. (Poetry 4 Kids)

• Write an “I’m so smart” poem. (Let’s Explore)

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• Seasonal acrostic poems. (Let’s Explore)

• Random word poem. (Simple Kids)

• Write a poem using the 5 senses. (This Reading Mama)

• Create a rhyme using word families. (This Reading Mama)

• Write a diamante poem. (Kid Spot)