4.1 Poetry Reading Journal

Reading Poetry

Throughout this unit, you will read poetry - gobble up poetry - independently every day or two and complete responses in a "poetry reading journal". Where will you find these poems? 

Go to the public library and to sign out some poetry books. There are also some online links below where you can find poetry. You have to be careful with websites, though, because they sometimes change. Ask your parent/home facilitator to join you when you explore links to websites outside this course, and be careful not to click on any advertising that may be added to these outside links.

Read poems and enjoy all their delicious parts - the juicy parts - the parts that make you wish for more!

Recommended books and websites include:

• Anything by Shel Silverstein including: Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Every Thing On It
• A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Anything by Jack Prelutsky, including: The New Kid on the Block, A Pizza the Size of the Sun, The Random House Book of Poetry, Something Big Has Been Here, Good Sports, The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury
• The Bridge Across the River by Shepherd Thorleif Halvorsen
• Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
• Monster Poems for Monstrous Kids by Melinda Kinsman
• Rainy Day Poems by James McDonald
• Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices  by Paul Fleischman and illustrated by Eric Beddows (Poems to read with another person as a “duet”)
• Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost and illustrated by Susan Jeffers
• Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman
• Winter Eyes by Douglas Florian
• An Egret’s Day by Jane Yolen
• Classic Poetry: AN Illustrated Collection by Michael Rosen
• List of best children’s poetry books: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1340.Best_children_s_poetry_books
• Some poems by Jane Yolen: http://janeyolen.com/poetry/
• More poems - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/children