WES Library / Poetry

Wayne Elementary School

I Like Old Clothes

Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman - http://www.poetryfoundation.org/journal/videoitem.html?id=171

Poem in Your Pocket - April 30, 2009 - Bring a poem in your pocket to share.

http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/406?utm_source=ncte&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pocket

Poetry - Instant Poetry Forms from Educational Technology Training Center

http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm

Create your own poems using the online forms.

Favorite Poem Project - Watch Casey at the Bat

http://www.favoritepoem.org/videos.html

GigglePoetry - http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

Edward Lear nonsense poetry - http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/

Poem Examples

Catch a Little Rhyme by Eve Merriam (poets.org)
Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll (poets.org)
Bleezer's Ice Cream by Jack Preluksky (poets.org)
The Real Mother Goose - www.fidella.trmg
The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson

Poets

Shel Silverstein http://www.shelsilverstein.com/html/poetry.html
Whatifs Poem http://www.shelsilverstein.com/html/game_poetry.html

Rhyming

River Rhyming (BBC) http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/literacy/rhyme/index.shtml
Reggie Rhyme (Scholastic) http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/reggie/store/index.htm
Roy - Tale of a Singing Zebra http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games-words-that-rhyme.html

Second Grade - Toad Sounds - http://www.californiaherps.com/noncal/misc/miscfrogs/pages/b.a.americanus.sounds.html