On behalf of our moderators, welcome! We are thankful to have @SaraKiffe serving as guest moderator this evening as we discuss the Power of Poetry #3rdchat
I’m Sara from Missoula, MT. I’m so excited to be moderating #3rdchat tonight and talking about one of my favorite things to teach, poetry! My favorite poet is Pablo Neruda.I love how he exposed his passions to the world, and saw the beauty of simple things.
Hello! Lesa Haney in Austin, TX. I am drawn to the poetry of Langston Hughes. I think it is because I had a teacher who loved his work, and I always admired her passion for poetry. #3rdchat
Hello everyone! I’m Pablo, an assistant principal in Houston. As cheesy as it sounds, my favorite poet was my mom!! She wrote poetry in Spanish and shared much of her work with me as a kid. #3rdchat
Hi #3rdchat! Kathryn from the Los Angeles area. My favorite poet is Robert Frost. And when I discovered choral pieces set to some Frost poems, I loved them even more.
Some teachers shy away from teaching poetry because they believe they aren’t good at writing it. Some students shy away from writing poetry for the same reason.
Q1: How can we encourage our students to write poetry? #3rdchat
A1: Teachers need to model writing poetry by writing with their students. When students see that their teacher is willing to be vulnerable, they will be more willing to share and write. #3rdchat
A1: We can encourage our students to write poetry through modeling. Students need to see their teachers write poetry, read poetry, and celebrate the process. #3rdchat
Some teachers shy away from teaching poetry because they believe they aren’t good at writing it. Some students shy away from writing poetry for the same reason.
Q1: How can we encourage our students to write poetry? #3rdchat
A1: I am going to admit that poetry is my kryptonite. I try to find quality mentor texts. I love reading the book Love that Dog aloud. I try to find poems about content we are studying. Humorous poetry is always a hit. #3rdchat
A1: Make it fun! I’ve done a Safari unit where they have to write different types of poems to mark their maps to finish the safari. I make a BIG DEAL Of their poetry even had parents in to listen to it #3rdchat
A1: It required vulnerability to write poetry from both the T and Ss. Ts must focus on creating the environment by encouraging creativity and vulnerability. I will admit that it may take some time. #3rdchat
Some teachers shy away from teaching poetry because they believe they aren’t good at writing it. Some students shy away from writing poetry for the same reason.
Q1: How can we encourage our students to write poetry? #3rdchat
A1 You have to make it fun and take the pressure off. Poetry doesn't have to follow any rules - anything goes is how I get them hooked in the beginning. Then we learn other forms from there. #3rdchat
A1 when adults show kids they too have a growth mindset students willl be more comfortable taking risks. Ts can present their poetry as something that needs a Ss touch. #3rdchat
Some teachers shy away from teaching poetry because they believe they aren’t good at writing it. Some students shy away from writing poetry for the same reason.
Q1: How can we encourage our students to write poetry? #3rdchat
For the past two years, @witshouston has helped our teachers and students experience the power of poetry. They allow us to work with amazing poets, such as @nattypoet, who is working with our 8th graders this year! #3rdchat
Some teachers shy away from teaching poetry because they believe they aren’t good at writing it. Some students shy away from writing poetry for the same reason.
Q1: How can we encourage our students to write poetry? #3rdchat
A1: I would model and write poems for the students. Show them the basics. Let the kids experiment with words & their feelings. Let them hear other poets share their own poems through audio or video #3rdchat
A1 writing poetry needs to come across as attainable and manageable writing. I used @ciaobellacreech ‘s Love That Dog as my anchor in April last year. I plan to do so again this year. EVERY child made beautiful and meaningful connections to poetry. #3rdchat
A1: sharing with Ss that poetry is just another outlet for sharing thoughts and emotions. Giving Ss different options to express themselves is important! #3rdchat
A2: To me poetry is more emotional than other forms of writing. When the restrictions of form and grammar are taken away it is easier to expose our feelings. #3rdchat
A1: Not afraid of poetry. Other genres tend to dominate. I need to make a change. Going to get some help from my friend and colleague @megburkeNPSD. She is an awesome instructional coach and specializes in writing. Can't wait for her to visit my kiddos. #3rdchat#NPSDPD
Some teachers shy away from teaching poetry because they believe they aren’t good at writing it. Some students shy away from writing poetry for the same reason.
Q1: How can we encourage our students to write poetry? #3rdchat
A1: Share lots of different types of poems. Show them some poems that you have written and talk about why you wrote them. Talk about why your favorite poem is your favorite. Show them videos of poets reading their poems. Make it fun!! #3rdchat
A2: I like how poetry gives students an opportunity to be silly, use figurative language, and their imagination. Sometimes these may get lost in other writing. #3rdchat
Poetry has simple rules that can be bent or broken like sant rhymes. Also love that you can form your poem into pictures to incorporate art... #3rdchat
A2: Since poetry can take different forms and different lengths, students can access it on a different level than with longer, more structured writing. #3rdchat
A2: showing them that ideas matter but grammar and spelling rules don’t always follow opens them up to try new things without fear of being critiqued for conventions rather than ideas though trying to get them to expand beyond that is an all year thing not just w/ poetry #3rdchat
A2: Poetry can be less intimidating because there aren’t as many “rules” or “formulas”. Students write what they feel and there is less judgement. There is also plenty of opportunity to share their writing with others. #3rdchat
A2: Poems are compact windows into other people's experiences. It allows us to feel what other people feel and connect with it. There are as many forms of poetry as there are types of people. Plenty to experiment with until children find what speaks to them. #3rdchat
A2 it is a way for s's to express themselves without worrying about grammar rules. They can be silly and they love that. Mine also think it is fun to hear all the different ways we can interpret the same poem. #3rdchat
A2: there are so many ways to write a poem. There are sort of no boundaries. Students can express themselves with words and help express their emotions #3rdchat
Yes. I think the fact that there aren't as many rules is one reason why we shy away from poetry. For some of our Ss having fewer rules or formulas may be just what they need! #3rdchat
A2 1/2 Poems often can be interpreted in many ways. Students can hide emotions & memories in a way that is vulnerable without laying everything on the table. It is left to the reader to figure it out... Or it is left to the writer to disclose (or not) what is intended. #3rdchat
I do love Lucy Calkins' lesson about looking at an object through the eyes of a scientist and then the eyes of a poet. One of my go to first lessons in exposing kids to opportunities to write poetry. #3rdchat
Not specific question but poetry is an intersection of oral history/culture and written expression. We still can recite memorable lines, not most proses. #3rdchat
A3: I love to use Google Drawings or Slideshow to share and celebrate student work. Students create onomatopoeia comics using Google Drawing, or contribute a poem to classroom slideshow. #3rdchat
Your writing has changed many lives @ciaobellacreech!! I am pleased to say my life is one of them. Looking forward to new adventures with your Love That Dog this April!! #3rdchat
I do love Lucy Calkins' lesson about looking at an object through the eyes of a scientist and then the eyes of a poet. One of my go to first lessons in exposing kids to opportunities to write poetry. #3rdchat
Math Centers... 15 really fun minutes of problem solving! This week it’s a @ThinkFun Roller Coaster, Tangrams, @PlayOsmo Tangrams, ThinkFun Rush Hour, & ThinkFun shape games. #mathchat#ksedchat#3rdchat
A3: Reading poetry and sharing via @flipgrid, or creating a visual to accompany it on @DoInkTweets, my kids enjoy creating their own anthology and typing it in @googledocs#3rdchat
A3 programs like @Flipgrid can be used to share poems and provide feedback to classmates regarding their poems. If appropriate you can open the grid to a wider authentic audience #3rdchat
A3: There are so many websites for contemporary poets and creative takes on their poems. Students can use these to explore. One of my favorites is @Motionpoems. Be aware that some of them are mature, so it is important to choose which poems/videos to share. #3rdchat
Might be fun to incorporate @flipgrid with 2 classes: Have one student write a stanza of a rhyming couplets and have another student finish it #3rdchat#flipgridfever
#3rdchat A3: Imagery, imagery, imagery! When Ss can make a visual to go with their poetry, use colorwith fonts, and word art it makes the poetry come alive for them.
A3: I have my students record themselves and then listen to themselves to practice fluency. We use Garage Band to create a song using our poems. Lastly, we use @DoInkTweets to create mini movies to illustrate our poetry! #3rdchat
A3: I've used SeeSaw for poetry. Students used the draw tool and recording feature to help make it their own. I also like the idea of using Google Drawings. I just got my class set up with @GoogleForEdu We haven't used drawings yet! #3rdchat
A3: I know lots of our Ts use google classroom as a form of giving feedback. Ss are able to respond and engage in dialogue with their Ts and classmates! #3rdchat
A3: I love to use Google Drawings or Slideshow to share and celebrate student work. Students create onomatopoeia comics using Google Drawing, or contribute a poem to classroom slideshow. #3rdchat
A2: Poetry allows for students to raise their levels of creativity. Love, happiness, kindess, sadness can all be expressed and are only limited by our students' imaginations. #3rdchat
A3 We make an anthology with @bookcreator every year and include several poem from each student. I also like to have the students record themselves reading their own poetry on @seesaw or @Flipgrid Hearing their expressions helps others interpret their meaning. #3rdchat
A3: I love to use Google Drawings or Slideshow to share and celebrate student work. Students create onomatopoeia comics using Google Drawing, or contribute a poem to classroom slideshow. #3rdchat
A3: I always love using technology for collaboration. Connecting classrooms and schools that might never have been otherwise. Maybe for sharing! #3rdchat
A4: My favorite subject to incorporate into poetry is art. I love for students to imagine what a metaphor would look like, or bring a word to life. Math is also easy to incorporate. Fibonacci poems, help students incorporate math sequences into poetry. #3rdchat
A4: Gary Fencke led a workshop this weekend that showed us how to take an informational tidbit/fact that interests you and add a personal connection to it in a poem. History and politics are great subjects to add to a poem. #3rdchat
A4: using poetry to explain or expand on ideas in other subjects. I will never for 8th grade U.S. History teacher in part bc we were given weekly assignments to be creative to recall concepts - lots of art & poetry #3rdchat
A4: I had students plan a dinner party using area and perimeter, and then write a hyperbole poem about oversized foods that were served at their dinner party. #3rdchat
A4 as a Former ms SS teacher I loved using poetry when learning about human geography. Expressing place through the voice of those that occupy it is an awesome way for students to show their understanding. #3rdchat
A4 recently I challenged students to use poetry to teach us something new. We had some great ones including a rap about the Golden Gate Bridge! #3rdchat
A5: I think it’s essential for teachers to write with their students. Students need to see their teachers as writers and learners.I always model and share my writing with my students. #3rdchat
A5: #3rdchat we have to model and co-create to show them how to process ideas and that they are all poets. Dr Suess was the first poet theylilely encountered but not all poetry rhymes. Find your voice. It the mantra of the unit.
Q5: Yes, it is important. I struggle in this area, but I keep trying. I once wrote a poem about how it looked like a family of worms lived in our ceiling tiles. (I was staring up at the ceiling trying to think of something to write about.) Kids loved it. #3rdchat
A5 I believe modeling is important in every content area- reading, math, and writing. S's love to hear/see your writing. Being vulnerable in front of them and talking about your process aloud is a powerful teaching moment. Be sure to show theme how you revise! #3rdchat
A5: Yes! The writing curriculum I've been using this year encourages the T to write with Ss every day. I've gotten away from it but maybe for the poetry unit I'll get back to it. #3rdchat
He gave us a list of interesting informational tidbits and then told us to create a poem using the tidbit. Our mentor text started with a stanza that gave the context and the tidbit itself. Subsequent stanzas were a creative response and personal reaction to the tidbit. #3rdchat
Poetry has an oral tradition, and many poets believe that the power of a poem is only truly understood if it is read out loud.
Q6: Should students be required to share their poetry out loud?#3rdchat
A5: Yes! If they see that you are passionate about it and that you are ok with putting your writing out there for them to see, they are more willing to do the same. #3rdchat
It may have been born of desperation, but I got to share my struggle and how I moved past it. #3rdchat P.S. I still see those worms every time I look at a ceiling tile. LOL!
A6: While I love to hear poetry from the poet’s voice, I don’t force students to ever share their poetry. Sometimes a piece of writing can be too personal, and I don’t want to inhibit their writing. #3rdchat
A6: I encoutrage it and will share for them if they are unwilling to share on their own. They have to be comfortable some kids just aren’t but it always amazes me when they open up to read in class and then get shy in front of their parents. #3rdchat
A6: I do not require my Ss to share any of their writing including poetry. Sometimes they have wrote something personal that they would prefer to not share and I respect that. #3rdchat
A5: yes! Modeling the process. Poetry is not my strong suit, but I think it’s important that Ss see that and see that I am still trying and not giving up 😄 #3rdchat
A6 I love to hear s's share their writing and I do believe that hearing it shared out loud by the author is a powerful way to learn more about the author but I do not require. I want s's to know they they can write about private things and they will stay private. #3rdchat
A6- This depends on the child’s speaking skills & level of comfort. At the beginning of the year prior to building my classroom community, I wouldn’t require this. By the end. Yes. A video uploaded to a platform of some sort to share is an option too. #3rdchat
Poetry has an oral tradition, and many poets believe that the power of a poem is only truly understood if it is read out loud.
Q6: Should students be required to share their poetry out loud?#3rdchat
Poetry has an oral tradition, and many poets believe that the power of a poem is only truly understood if it is read out loud.
Q6: Should students be required to share their poetry out loud?#3rdchat
A6: It should never be required but highly encouraged! And when a Ss who is hesitant takes a risk and shares, we must make an effort to celebrate! #3rdchat
Poetry has an oral tradition, and many poets believe that the power of a poem is only truly understood if it is read out loud.
Q6: Should students be required to share their poetry out loud?#3rdchat
I don’t think every student has to share their poetry, but they should have opportunities to hear it. We just had a wonderful statewide poetry slam which would have been great to show! #3rdchat Maybe offer an open-mic cafe and invite families to share too?
A6: No. I would encourage them to share it, but would not require it. It is a personal process for many. I do have anonymous poetry competitions that students participate in. They enjoy sharing in this manner. They are often surprised when they win. #3rdchat
A6: Poetry can be a very personal experience. Not all poetry may be intended for an audience. Some students may prefer to keep to a very small audience or to themselves. Case by case may work better for more sensitive students. #3rdchat
Poetry has an oral tradition, and many poets believe that the power of a poem is only truly understood if it is read out loud.
Q6: Should students be required to share their poetry out loud?#3rdchat
A7: I have an anonymous pile of poems that I read if a student wants to share their poetry, but doesn’t want other people to know who wrote the poem. We also create classroom slideshows and I compile an anthology at the end of the year. #3rdchat
A6 I offer the opinion to read any written work aloud to the class, another class, small group, to just me or to someone else in the school. Never forced. #3rdchat
A8: William Carlos Williams is one of my favorite poets to use with students. “The Red Wheelbarrow” “As the Cat” and “This is Just to Say” are poems that are relatable and fun to imitate for students. #3rdchat
They submit their poems to a publishing website. (I am blanking on the name for some reason.) I have to approve the poem first, and then it is anonymously added to a set of poems for the class. Students vote for their fav. poem until there is a winner. #3rdchat
Q8 I read Loose Leashes a few days ago. It was a fun collection of a variety of poems about dogs. The kids loved the pictures and made connections to their pets. I am going to revisit it was we start writing our own. #3rdchat
I love jabberwocky by Lewis Carol to introduce the fun with words. Poe is fun around Halloween or night before Christmas is a great seasonal one #3rdchat
Then, with the winner's permission, we read the poem aloud and talk about it as a class. The kids are often pleasantly surprised when they win. #3rdchat
A8 Love That Dog, I Can't Write a Poem, Dream Variation - I use This is My Dream for this, Shel Silverstein, My Student of the Week brings a poem to highlight #3rdchat
I will always be a teacher, the library is just my classroom now! I know there are librarians who don’t teach and there are schools w no librarians at all, but I can’t imagine not teaching as part of what I do. I’m so glad to be where I am, doing what I’m doing! #3rdchat
