Poetry Friday: December
This is December, as much or more than decorations and presents. This, plus oak leaves scuttling across a crust of snow, the dark silhouettes of winter trees, and heavy purple clouds hinting at the possibility of more snow later. Linda has this week’s Poetry Friday roundup at A Word Edgewise. Interested in hosting a Poetry…
Poetry Friday: Favorite
The Inklings challenge for this month came from Heidi, who encouraged us to write a poem of address to an article of clothing. After auditioning several ideas, I settled on my old friend Barn Coat. We’ve been through many winters together, and I know we’ve got many more yet to go. Here’s how the rest…
Poetry Friday Roundup Call
It’s that time again. Six-ish months have passed since last we queued up to host the Poetry Friday roundups. What is the Poetry Friday roundup? A gathering of links to posts featuring original or shared poems, or reviews of poetry books. A carnival of poetry posts. Here is an explanation that Rene LaTulippe shared on…
Poetry Friday: Overheard
OVERHEARD AT NCTE Begin with gratitude.1Center joy.2 Place is where stories start.3You write yourself into existence.4 If you don’t know where you are you probably don’t know who you are.5 Black poetry is light in darkness hope soul food legacy.6 There is no wrong way to be a writer.7We can bend the characters–they won’t break.8Creativity…
Poetry Friday: Don’t Obey
. Today’s poetry challenge came from Susan Thomsen at Chicken Spaghetti. The inspiration and mentor text was Donika Kelly’s “Poem to Remind Myself of the Natural Order of Things” . Susan’s response to her own challenge is here. This was so much fun! I can’t wait to see what others came up with! Carol has this…
Bear and Bird: A Favorite New Series for Transitional Readers
I’ve always been interested in finding the best books for transitional readers—readers who have learned to read and who are becoming more sophisticated readers. They often are new to chapter books, so finding books that support them as readers is important as they build skills and agency as readers. I discovered the Bear and Bird…
Poetry Friday: On the Menu
Linda’s prompt for the Inkings challenge this month comes from Ethical ELA’s September Open Write by Kelsey Bigelow: “What is the happiest thing you’ve ever tasted?” In brainstorming for the poem, I unearthed a memory of racing to the DQ to get a cone for Dad, and making it home before it melted. Being able…
Poetry Friday: Burning Haibun
A child pyro with easy access to ashtrays. Smell of smoke ubiquitous. Mesmerized by flare and sulphurous flash. Burning matches held until fingers sting. Child pyro grows up in a world that burns, the sting now an ache, an ache of how and why that burns from the inside out while outside the smell of…
Read Aloud and Text Complexity
Read Aloud is one of the most important parts of the school day. For one, it is joyful-there is nothing like sharing a story as a community. Secondly, it is a time in the school day that supports growing readers in so many ways. For readers in Grades 2-5, read aloud can do so much…
Poetry Friday: Aimlessly in Love
Do you subscribe to George Bilgere’s poem-a-day newsletter? I’m a big fan of Bilgere’s poetry. I even wrote a poem after hearing him speak in 2012. (Gads, that’s a long time ago now…and the link will probably tell you that Poetrepository is not a secure site. I won’t be offended if you don’t click through.)…
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A(nother) Year of Reading 