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Thursday, April 6, 2017

National Poetry Month and Financial Literacy Month

How did we get to April already??


Every April, I join the morning announcements crew to share a daily poem with our students. Students get to enjoy these poems, but also are seeing fluency, rhythm, and tone modeled at the same time. How do you model these reading skills in your classroom? Are you interested in engaging students through poetry activities this month? Did you know that there is a poetry section of books in the Teacher Area in the Media center?? Amy can direct you to the correct area if you're interested...See below for some poetry activity options:

25 Great Ideas for Teaching Poetry:
http://minds-in-bloom.com/25-great-ideas-teaching-poetry/

Poetry Across the Curriculum:
https://www.edutopia.org/article/poetry-across-curriculum-brett-vogelsinger

Poetry Creation Station:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/231583605817311935/







April is also Financial Literacy Month! The USF College of Education Stavros Center has created quick resources for you to use throughout the month. They created Money in a Minute (should take only 1 minute), which are daily images with economic/financial literacy questions aligned to K-5 standards. Each week they will post the next round of activities! Find the link below.

 
 
Anyone who shares how they are celebrating Poetry or Financial Literacy in their classroom in a comment will be entered to win a Target gift card at the end of the month!
 
 
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2 comments:

  1. Alison BrannackApril 6, 2017 at 11:21 AM

    Judy Greco: we are doing Pizzanomics in the classroom which is a cross-curriculum activity that includes reading, math, and social studies. This past lesson the kids had to figure out the best value for their money out of 4 different pizza selections.

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  2. AnonymousApril 7, 2017 at 4:51 AM

    During our unit on text features of non-fiction books, students are learning how to use non-fiction to learn factual information. During this unit my students have sparked an interest in insects and bugs after working with a partner to record facts learning in a bubble map and then writing about what they had learned. I used this opportunity to follow my students interests and designed a science area all about insects and their life cycles. To celebrate poetry month students will be able to select a poem about insects to carry in their pocket!
    Heather Cook

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