Poetry Writing

Halloween Acrostic Poems

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Halloween Acrostic Poems

Help your child come up with some frightfully fun words with this colorful Halloween acrostic poems worksheet.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Narrative Poetry

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Narrative Poetry

Help your child learn to navigate narrative poetry, then write his own poem, in this super-fun narrative poetry worksheet.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!

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Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!

Nourish your child's inner writer with this lesson on three different forms of literature: poetry, prose, and drama. After going through some examples of each, students will demonstrate their knowledge by filling out bubble maps.

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Rhyme Schemes

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Rhyme Schemes

Your young writer can learn about poetry analysis with this worksheet on rhyme schemes, complete with excerpts by Robert Louis Stevenson.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Readers Theatre: Poems of Robert Frost

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Readers Theatre: Poems of Robert Frost

Bring poetry to life by reading it aloud with others! Have your child select one or more of these poems written by Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Robert Lee Frost. Then take turns reading aloud by swapping single lines, couplets, or stanzas.

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Hyperbole in Poetry

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Hyperbole in Poetry

Read this silly, rhyming poem and find examples of hyperbole!

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Halloween Poem

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Halloween Poem

This Halloween worksheet is a great test to see how well your kindergartener understands language. He can use the words in the word bank to finish each line.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

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Write a Limerick

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Write a Limerick

If your child likes to rhyme, have him try this fun style by using the format of poet Edward Lear.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Haiku Syllables

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Haiku Syllables

Have your students stretch their creativity with this lesson that teaches them about haikus and has them practice their syllable counting.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Journal Writing Task Cards #2

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Journal Writing Task Cards #2

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Onomatopoeia Poetry

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Onomatopoeia Poetry

Pop, whoosh, ding! Onomatopoeia is a writing technique that makes text come alive. In this lesson, students will learn about onomatopoeia, and apply it to their writing process to create poetry, as a class and individually.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Acrostic Research and Craft

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Acrostic Research and Craft

Students conduct a short research project on a chosen topic, combine their knowledge of their subject in an acrostic poem, then create a craft to illustrate their topic.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Journal Prompts For Kids

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Journal Prompts For Kids

Kids can go on a daily writing adventure with a month's worth of prompts to keep writing skills sharp. Invent an animal, write a recipe, make three wishes, and more!

4th grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Halloween Diamante Poems

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Halloween Diamante Poems

Show your Halloween spirit by creating funny, creepy or trick-or-treating themed Diamante poems. Following the poem template, students will review parts of speech while creating festive masterpieces to share with the class.

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Acrostic Poem: "Mother"

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Acrostic Poem: "Mother"

In an acrostic poem, the first letter of each line spells out a word or message! Give your child a fun challenge with this acrostic "mother" poem starter.

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Pick a Peck of Poetry

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Pick a Peck of Poetry

What's a metaphor? How do you haiku? Kids will hone reading and writing skills with this book, from a simple syllable counting exercise to inventing rhymes and tangling with the Jabberwocky!

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Jazzy Bio Poems

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Jazzy Bio Poems

Integrate reading, writing, and social studies in this lesson about famous jazz musicians! This lesson would fit perfectly in a unit about biographies or Black History Month.

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Read With Rhythm and Rhyme

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Read With Rhythm and Rhyme

Help students learn how to recognize the beats in a poem with this worksheet.

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Poetry Rhythm

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Poetry Rhythm

Practicing poets can refine their sense of meter and rhythm with this worksheet about stressed and unstressed syllables.

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Write a Haiku

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Write a Haiku

Take a stab at haiku poetry with this free-form haiku writing worksheet. All you need is imagination and a pen!

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Cinquain Poems

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Cinquain Poems

Not all poetry is about rhyming and rhythm! Have some fun writing cinquain poems with your child, short poems based on parts of speech.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Rhyme Scheme: "If"

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Rhyme Scheme: "If"

Your budding poet can practice determining a rhyme scheme in this worksheet. He'll identify the rhyming words in Rudyard Kipling's classic poem, "If."

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Spring Senses Poem

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Spring Senses Poem

Spring is here! You can feel it, hear it, smell it, taste it, and see it! In this spring lesson plan, students will create a spring poem using their five senses.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

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