#TXLchat Archive
The #TXLchat provides a forum for Texas librarians (but not limited to Texas librarians) to create collaborative connections, share educational resources, and foster life-long learning.
Tuesday March 29, 2016
Upper Elementary Librarian from NC, can't wait to learn more from thee!
1 dark day in the middle of the night 2 dead men got up to fight back2back they faced each other drew their swords & shot ech othr
Briauna from Omaha, GO BIG RED!
Hi Everyone, This is Terry Roper, R10Library
Sue Fitzgerald librarian in Justin, Texas.
I am Michelle Giles, a student at Texas A&M University, Commerce.
Good evening, Literary Lyricists! I'm Jean D. ES library balladeer! I'm excited to spread the cheer that librarians rhyme w/o fear!
Hi! Ready to talk poetry!!!
I am Melissa Long from East Chambers and I am a practicum student at TAMCU. Looking forward to the chat this evening.
Jace Daily teacher-librarian @ the cube @ Castleberry high school in Fort Worth.
Hi all! I'm graduating with my MLS in May. Interning right now. Can't wait to talk poetry!
Sonja, HS librarian from Nacogdoches here for ! "my photo's lookin' mighty old, I'm wearin' a scarf and it's no longer cold!"
Elementary K-5 librarian, Frisco ISD
Thanks, Hope, for your poem. Glad you are here tonight
My graduation is in May! It will be a great day! My mom is coming yay!
MLS grad student in Ft Worth TX
Mandy From Minnesota glad to join in!
Cristine Ragland. Copperas Cove K-5 librarian. I love rhyme time and find it fun and easy to teach.
Ooo, a tad sinister! 😈 Welcome to the ! https://t.co/lJIyLQXWg3
1 dark day in the middle of the night 2 dead men got up to fight back2back they faced each other drew their swords & shot ech othr
Good evening, Stanette here from Hill Country Elementary
Marsha Edney, Henderson HS wow poetry on my mind, hope I can find some little lines that will be gold mines
Jamie Jensen K-5 Pink ES in Frisco, TX
Glad to remember this week. I am here from Copperas Cove ISD.
Hi, I'm Cynthia Lopez from Mesquite ISD and a library practicum student at TAMUC. Lets talk poetry!
Elem librarian from Brenham ISD ready to chat about poetry
Linsey Taylor, elementary librarian. I have my poetry lesson plans already done but can't wait to c if I need 2 add 2 them!
Hi there! Elementary librarian from Fort Worth here
Hello all! I've been out for a few weeks now... PK-2nd librarian at Pflugerville ISD
deven from dallas, first year librarian and tamuc grad student!
i take the texes 150 on friday!
Sarah from Fort Worth here tonight
Can you tell my grad Ss love to chat w ? Welcome all.
First year in the library so I am ready to steal, no wait, wait, I meant borrow all of yalls ideas!
Hello everyone! Heather, Librarian-in-Waiting (degreed, enduring hiring season) in Katy, TX. Excited about poetry!
Good luck! You will join an awesome profession! :)
Good luck! https://t.co/MPtvmSNh8S
deven from dallas, first year librarian and tamuc grad student!
i take the texes 150 on friday!
April is fast approaching! What awesome things do you have planned for ?
Good luck to all you test takers! I suspect you will do fine as you clearly are on the right path with
We have an opening at Pflugerville. :) Good luck!
good luck, you got this, fellow ....lioness?
my name is celtic for poet, but i'm not very poetic. one of my favorites is lady lazarus by sylvia plath "and i eat men like air."
I just finished my first novel in verse, a little different for me, would like to try others
Hello, my friend! Good to have you here!
Hello! PreK - 4th librarian from Prosper.
Hello, Sallee Clark Teacher Librarian at Castleberry Elem. Excited to chat!
I LOVE novels in verse! that is awesome!
I work at a small library, I am hoping to promote the verse novels I have on hand and display other poem books in each section.
Lurking in Denton 2night when I should be writing 2 meet a deadline - have missed too many in recent weeks. Grateful 4 archives!
This was an assigned reading, any recommendations for pleasure?
loving every moment thus far!
i subbed for a kinder class today and realized i DON'T miss the classroom! https://t.co/8Jv55mdQhl
Good luck! You will join an awesome profession! :)
I plan to reconnect with some of my favorites, T. S. Eliot and AA Milne. Is it weird that two of my fav. poets use initials? :)
My exam is coming soon. I need a job by June.
A1: April Poem in Your Pocket Day, S driven bookmark coloring contest for National Library Week.
I have a different poetry books picked for each week and grouped by grade levels
Jumping into a little late tonight, but ready to share some ideas for poetry month! Hoping some of my candidates join!
Plants v Zombies Poetry Smash (pair Ss up, 1 writes fr plant POV, the fr Zombie POV, class vote wins. https://t.co/t7sCTGRWWK
I wonder if the high school has anything planned - library display, online limerick party, or cross-grade poetry contest?
Great idea! I'll be working on creating a bibliography of our collection's novels in verse as well! https://t.co/TP5dFeqqIT
I work at a small library, I am hoping to promote the verse novels I have on hand and display other poem books in each section.
I love the book mark coloring contest! Do they get to design it?
Helen Frost is brilliant, as is Kwame Alexander
A1: My aide and I plan to read a short poem each morning in April over the morning announcements.
Julee Murphy, ES and MS librarian from Corpus
Display poetry books and read some favs to the students.
Poetry is not nearly as popular as the joke books are @ my school. They love Dahl jokebks
What a great idea Teresa! I hope you don't mind me "stealing" it. Since my campus is bilingual I will do 2!
We have students read a poem each morning during announcements. They pick one they wrote or their favorite!
A1: We'll do a Poem in Your Pocket celebration. My 5th graders will write & perform poetry in the library! Sharing lots of poems!
I'm thinking of doing a blackout poetry/found poetry display this year
that is so cool, different way to start the day...that's the best I can do lol
I love this idea. Kids love Plants vs. Zombies.
I've never done Any ideas you can share would be greatly beneficial.. especially for PK-2nd.
A1 Poem in your pocket day, share Ss Animoto haikus, shel silverstein site and poetry centers
We are thinking about doing Poem in Your Pocket. I found this great resource online tonight for ideas. https://t.co/i94TFXqiip
I saw this one, but I was worried high schoolers would push pin each other instead of poetry!
Collecting Ss poems for poem in your pocket day, poetry writing with 2nd and 4th grade. They love writing Poems for Two Voices
Have the kids pick a favorite one to keep in their pocket!
So excited about this challenge! It will be a lunge ,but I must sponge the poem rhyme for my students to splurge
I am here not sure if I am doing it right!
. I would love to try this as well! Going to try this with my candidates during our final class!
Recently read & reviewed Margarita Engle's Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir. https://t.co/xGbAFjAYnC
Nice! I think I may copy this idea but get the bookmarks from our MS librarians who had them designed.
I create giant pockets for ELA teachers, fill them with poems and hang them on their doors!
I really want to do several passive programming stations for
Planning a Poet Tree bulletin board in the cafeteria to promote different poets and poems.
I like to host a Poetry Slam and invite university students to drop in and listen
This is something easy that we can all do! Thanks https://t.co/06L8O0o9DS
Display poetry books and read some favs to the students.
Two voice poems are so great for practicing fluency & helping Ss feel more comfortable performing!
Great idea! (nail/thumbtack poems to a tree & base a scavenger hunt w/clues hidden in the poems) https://t.co/zdRWr5qAR7
A1: We'll do a Poem in Your Pocket celebration. My 5th graders will write & perform poetry in the library! Sharing lots of poems!
A friend made me a long vest with multiple pockets. I used it 2 go 2 classrooms 2 preview Poem In Pocket Day: Big fun!
I tell my kids poetry is like a song with music...you hear the rhythm in your head.
You're doing great! Proud of you for jumping in! is one of my favorites! So many amazing ideas shared by amazing TLs
We did a collaboration with seniors and 8th graders who composed poetry about high school, one with wisdom and one with wonder.
Love this idea to get the teachers more involved!
hadn't given any thought to national poetry month (one day at a time) but maybe i'll try doing sight word haikus with lower grades
that's a gr8 idea! I'm going 2 ask my principal if she'd do that.
That's awesome! I bet the kids got really excited! :)
Super pumped 4 this topic. 140 characters will be 1 of my poetry challenges for April. we host a Poetry Speak Up night
A1 we do a couple of poetry scavenger hunts each week where students try to find a poem with a secret word in it for a prize
Thanks to my Schloastic book fairs, I have been able to use profits to build a strong poetry collection for my library .
Love using colorful post-its to let Ss display poems in the library Windows.
ha! I hear you, but so far, so good with mine!
How do you tie poetry into classroom instruction?
Yes, I have been doing for a few years now , and everyone loves it!
We have those in our home, always funny to see what guests and my husband come up with
I don't have any bulletin boards in the library so I "take over" any other available spaces.
LOVE this idea! Clever and interactive! Best combination!
Casually drop the specific TEKS poetry covers-especially if it is content appropriate. Love to use Vardel's Poetry Friday tools
Love the display! it would be fun to do a game where you have students use words in a bag to make a poem.
What about a garden? Poems written by kids attached to a real/fake flower! Delivery to fav Ts or other Ss!
Try limericks. They are like rhyming jokes! Lots of kids who love jokes will be inspired to write limericks.
Use your books and make spine poetry. Ss love to display around the library.
. Some my all time fav poems to teach, "Shel Silverstein" The Nap taker & Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Wouldn't Take The Garbage Out
This is what I was thinking! A real TREE!
My tech classes are getting in to recording audio- I could have them record themselves reading their favorite verses
Love this idea, I could use it in the library! Something different!
I usually do Poetry Centers for the whole month!
I need to try this. Kids would enjoy and I can use my easels and metal bookshelf ends to display the magnetic poetry
Kim. Elementary librarian joining a little late. Ready to steal some great ideas for poetry month. :)
collaborate with Tt when poetry is in the curriculum. With 5th grade I set up stations on fig language in poetry. Teachers love it!
There were some great ones in my newsfeed during the World Series by public libraries of competing teams! https://t.co/7SDS4SEH6n
Use your books and make spine poetry. Ss love to display around the library.
For HS, expose them to ! Tweet Haikus using the 140 char limit w/hashtag included! BOOM! They can ties it to a !
Find a student or colleague or group who love poetry and turn them loose!
Yes! Get that Christmas tree out of storage. :)
. creates epic interactive poetry templates via Google Drawing/Slides! May need something to celebrate
our research project will have the option to be present finding in a poem, song, rap. They love the challenge!
A2: Novellas might be a good alternative
Or what can I recommend to someone who wants to get into poetry?
I work at a small library, you could always use book ends or other diplayers.
I found amazing window markers. I'll let the Ss write poems on the library Windows.
Love the idea of a poetry scavenger hunt
Scholastic Rhyming Dictionary hands on tool for rhyming pattern instruction. Kids get it.
. Many of my Ts use poetry all year long for fluency practice. Can also find poetry to cover many topics/genres too!
Oh! I have mini easels that I usually write quotes on. I can do poetry 4 April instead.
That looks like a lot of fun - I may have to borrow it. Thanks!
Take a short fun poem and make 2 or 3 staar like questions to go with it.. Good review & Ss like dog poem https://t.co/rTNxbYT3LD
I've learned to like poetry in small doses. I used 2 h8 it.
what brand are the markers? Take a picture of the package and share please!
Still thinking it through...not sure of some boxes...offer bookmarks as prizes, perhaps.
passive poetry party! with high school it is harder to have whole class
Shouting BINGO is so fun! :)
Blackout poetry is so much fun! I show Ss a 2 min YouTube video on it, then I share mine, & I offer a topic or they can freestyle.
Karyn, elementary librarian, popping in!
I tell them to read the words backwards so they don't get caught up in the story!
Writing simile poems... I am as..... I give them different ways to compare themselves.
with teens they KNOW when you fake it BUT..I say find SOMETHING you can truly like
Create poetry, add a digital visual & share it via blows , etc sky high! https://t.co/G8EAAbELow
How do you tie poetry into classroom instruction?
With this out April 5, will do performance poetry during library visits; worked great w/ Crossover https://t.co/aOqUvBQ1IL
I did a STAAR book cart & kids that forgot books just came to their class door & borrowed a book before the test
We have a poem every week to practice fluency
Our English V classes do a poetry unit in April. We display their poems all over the library when they are done
Like to use music as poetry. Introduce lyrics first and then song or vice versa. Bob Dylan, etc. Even young kids stop to listen
For fractions unit "Parts of Me" Ss draw their body in geo shapes, write poem of how many parts of what they love they are.
Soon to be librarian Sam popping in.
In the past I've had the students write poems and then I compiled them in book & displayed in library.
ofcourse they do! it's Bob Dylan lol
Last year had my 5th grade classes used Google Slides to create class poetry book. I published to library website using !
What about students illustrating own poems and/or publishing 2 the Web, too? https://t.co/pvCF2w43iu
Our English V classes do a poetry unit in April. We display their poems all over the library when they are done
Host a poetry slam at your library!!!
Love this! Shaped verse is always a winner!
yes exactly! Ts do appreciate when we reinforce skills in library
I have mini easels in different colors. Thanks for the reminder. They will work great
I still have where the side walk ends, all kids get introduced to Shel Silverstein and poems or should https://t.co/WjWsbcVLfY
considering it for sure! have been asked by the kids and now figuring out logistics
The teacher is pretty low tech but she may be I for trying it. Thanks for the idea
I use poems to teach concepts. Magnets, push/pull, seasons. Helps 1st grdrs with rdg & fluency.
Love the Poetry Slam idea! ?? During school, after, snacks, etc? Give me ideas!
Will book talk and promote novels-in-verse. Big hit with middle schoolers, esp reluctant readers (fewer words on pg).
I really like the poetry slam idea.
I missed five minutes of chat, completely distracted by this page - tons of great ideas!
Too cool! My tech director just bought us a Beatles record!!!
For our poetry performances, we created a stage & had a "spot light" for Ss. Instead of claps, Ss snapped after performances!
Enjoy Poetry Month... & involve kids in reading/writing poetry all year! Good night, All.
I love the using music to explain poetry or show examples..prob gets kids more interested
I plan to have several up and on display & stations with supplies for teens to create their own
Start a class poem, each couple of Ss adds a verse. I'm thinking "Inferencing oh, Inferencing, where can I hide from thee?" :P
Saw a great virtual poetry slam session at TCEA in past.. Collaboration opportunity
During school expose the kids, they may not realize they like it until they try.
How about an ol fashion game of ? Who penned the poem? Some Ss get the poem, others the poet. https://t.co/nY1NJYWPJN
Wonder if we could find a poet to with us!
If your students have blogs, let them publish their own poems on their pages! Our students are wonderful authors!
Curious...how much is done working/planning WITH your ELA dept. and how much is "Library"--no wrong answer, just curious!
Anyone have new poetry books they have found?
ELA dept loves when I do poetry! It's such a hard concept for our kiddos!
Kids cut words out of magazines to form original poems.
good idea! You may learn about some new books as well as the students will learn!
Paraphrasing a popular song, since we are focusing on this skill for SOLE research. Then...WE SING!!!!!!, ROCKSTARS THAT WE ARE!
Bravo! Way to advocate & ! 🤓 https://t.co/JT52qZlMUk
Last year had my 5th grade classes used Google Slides to create class poetry book. I published to library website using !
Where do you find your Science poems?
Can y'all believe our chat time is DONE? WHAT??? never fails to inspire me! Thank you guys for sharing your brilliance!
Thanks! Got some great resources!
the Ts share lesson plans w/ us on Google Classroom, so we can reinforce it in the library
Thanks for an awesome chat!!!!
Sylvia Vardell Janet Wong Poetry Friday Anthology for Science
I needed inspiration and delivered! Thank you all for providing a newbie with amazing ideas for national poetry month.
, informative time, thanks everyone!
The Poetry session is always great for new poetry and ideas
fab chat topic 4 tonight thanks!
In college had to interpret Jabberwocky from Alice In Wonderland???? Fun for older Students
That was fun, I have some new ideas to try!
We used QR code dice with English V and they created metaphysical poems. Had a poem comparing love to a cell phone, kids enjoyed it
Thank YOU for being here, friend!
Archives of this great chat available in the morning if not earlier. I suppose I should write a good night poem. Ideas, anyone?
Great discussion, all! Thanks
Thanks for another great chat. Got some great poetry ideas to try this April.
Always fun to share ideas w/ all of you! Thanks for making this Iowa/Nebraska girl feel welcome! Thanks for leading !
my pleasure! and so glad you joined us! <3
Thanks everyone for all of the great ideas. Ya'll are awesome!
Thanks to absolutely everyone for their fantastic ideas. Such fun tonight. Thanks Sonja for being the lead poetess.
Alright time to say good night.
Great ideas everyone. I'm inspired. Probably won't sleep tonight--brain is in poetry planning overdrive.
If your school has homeroom or advisory, plan a super simple poetry activity for T to do with S. https://t.co/7zYEphsgk9
I need some sleep, but too much to do, no time to blink, the semester's nearly through.
Treasured words 2 share
Some written easily without a care
Dreams of fun
Beats STAAR testing doldrums
