More Poems For Children To Enjoy And Teachers Too

Author : Eleanor Mcleod
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781803691152
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Even More Poems for Children to Enjoy and Teachers Too written by Eleanor Mcleod and published by . This book was released on 2021-12 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleanor McLeod is a well-established writer of poetry for children and her first two anthologies have also been welcomed by teachers as they include poems that are suitable for each school term. In this new anthology there are still sections for different times of the year but also sections on the natural world, families and travel. Initially aimed at Primary school children there are some thoughtful poems that would appeal to older pupils. As a teacher herself her connection with her young readers makes them relevant and entertaining.

Author : Eleanor Mc Leod
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781906628192
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book More Poems for Children to Enjoy - and Teachers Too! written by Eleanor Mc Leod and published by . This book was released on 2010-04-21 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the enthusiastic reception for her first collection of poems, Eleanor McLeod has now written this second book, full of poems for the Autumn, Spring and Summer terms, as well as a lively selection on a variety of subjects, which will certainly be useful for teachers as well as appealing to her young readers who have already enjoyed the rhymes and structures, use of words and images of her imaginative verse. A review in "SPEECH & DRAMA," the journal of the Society of Teachers of Speech and Drama, of the first book said: ..".a delightful selection of verse...they are immensely accessible, written with simple clarity and with the majority in a rhyming format and with metrical form. They are indeed for children to enjoy ....having some neat insights and observations. (She) has a sharp ear for the way children respond to poetry, consequently they should be read aloud to be fully appreciated, not just at school but in the family." So, here is the second collection!

Author : Kenneth Koch
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060955090
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wishes, Lies, and Dreams written by Kenneth Koch and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1999-10-06 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic, inspiring account of a poet's experience teaching school children to write poetry When Kenneth Koch entered the Manhattan classrooms of P.S. 61, the children, excited by the opportunity to work with an instructor able to inspire their talent and energy, would clap and shout with pleasure. In this vivid account, Koch describes his inventive methods for teaching these children how to create poems and gives numerous examples of their work. Wishes, Lies, and Dreams is a valuable text for all those who care about freeing the creative imagination and educating the young.

Author : Kalli Dakos
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9781439107829
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Don't Read This Book, Whatever You Do! written by Kalli Dakos and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-23 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this delicious companion volume to If You’re Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand, thirty-seven poems and miniplays celebrate elementary school life and the funny, poignant, wondrous, and telling moments that can happen only in a classroom.

Author : Michael Rosen
Publisher : Puffin Books
ISBN 13 : 9780141300221
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Breathing in Class written by Michael Rosen and published by Puffin Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of poems about school. Suggested level: primary.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : anboco
ISBN 13 : 3736405448
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Child's Garden of Verses written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published by anboco. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Child's Garden of Verses is a collection of poetry for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The collection first appeared in 1885 under the title Penny Whistles, but has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions. It contains about 65 poems including the cherished classics "Foreign Children," "The Lamplighter," "The Land of Counterpane," "Bed in Summer," "My Shadow" and "The Swing." The classical scholar Terrot Reaveley Glover published a translation of the poems into Latin in 1922 under the title Carmina non prius audita de ludis et hortis virginibus puerisque.

Author : Janet Wong
Publisher : Pomelo Books
ISBN 13 : 9781937057305
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Things We Do written by Janet Wong and published by Pomelo Books. This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What things do we love to do? In this book you'll find poems from A to Z, featuring action words and photos that will make kids eager to CLAP, DANCE, JUMP, LAUGH, WAVE, ZOOM, and more as you read the playful poems. This poetry anthology is ideal for students in preschool through Grade 1 and can be shared by families at home or by teachers in classrooms. Parents, caregivers, and educators will find useful tips and resources to help make learning even more fun. This book will also be a favorite resource in an ELL classroom. Pomelo Books is "Poetry PLUS"!The poets featured in this book are: Beth Brody, Joseph Bruchac, Jen Bryant, Mary E. Cronin, Linda A. Dryfhout, Margarita Engle, Janet Clare Fagal, Marilyn Garcia, Nikki Grimes, Carol Labuzzetta, Marty Lapointe-Malchik, Grace Lin, Molly Lorenz, Jone Rush MacCulloch, Pat Mora, Linda Sue Park, Moe Phillips, Jack Prelutsky, Janice Scully, Linda Kulp Trout, Padma Venkatraman, Carole Boston Weatherford, Leslie Stall Widener, Janet Wong, Jane Yolen, and Helen Kemp Zax.100% of the profits from this book will be donated to the IBBY Children in Crisis Fund (IBBY.org).For more information about his book, please visit PomeloBooks.com.

Author : Lorrie Birchall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poems for Kids written by Lorrie Birchall and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-02 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're teaching poetry to kids in grades 3-6, you need good exemplar poems. . .and lots of them! But there's no need to spend hours and hours scouring the internet looking for poems. Poems for Kids is a HUGE collection of over 600 child-friendly exemplar poems, organized by poetry terms & poetic devices. This makes it easy to quickly SHOW your students poems containing: similes metaphors alliteration personification onomatopoeia hyperbole allusion creative license imagery refrain mood & tone rhyme schemes limericks haiku parody eye rhymes assonance consonance internal rhyme anaphora point of view and so much more! Can elementary students read classic "adult" poems? Yes! Students in the middle and upper elementary grades can and should be exposed to some of the classic "adult" poems written by Emily Dickinson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, and others. Many classic poems, written by a variety of poet voices, are featured in Poems for Kids. Students will continue to develop a deeper and more mature understanding of some poems over time. What if I've never taught poetry before? No problem! This is a very non-stuffy poetry collection which teaches by example (Over 600 of them!). Read and reread the poems. Experience the poems. Talk about the poems. Students can't help but learn about various aspects of poetry simply by reading and discussing poems within each category. Your students might even be inspired to write their own poems! This children's poetry anthology of short and "shortish" poems was developed not only to be child-friendly, but very teacher-friendly too. The poems are targeted for teaching, but the goal is to encourage an interest in (and perhaps even a love for) poetry. Learning about poetry should be fun and completely painless. Does this poetry collection support the Common Core? Yes! There are quite a few Common Core State Standards (CCSS) related to poetry in grades 3-6 and the appropriate Standards are conveniently listed within the anthology. What else should I know about Poems for Kids? Poems can be used to enrich many other curriculum areas, so to make locating poems convenient, this collection also includes a: Title Index Author Index First Lines Index With such a HUGE collection of over 600 poems, you'll want to be able to find poems . . . FAST! Be sure to check out the LOOK INSIDE feature of Poems for Kids.

Author : Kenneth Koch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684824388
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Your Own Days written by Kenneth Koch and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-04-08 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the winner of the Bollingen Prize in poetry and author of the classic bestseller "Rose, Where Did You Get That Red?" comes a unique, highly entertaining book for anyone who wants to be a better reader and writer of poetry.

Author : Eleanor McLeod
Publisher : Exposure Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781905363490
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poems for Children to Enjoy - And Teachers Too written by Eleanor McLeod and published by Exposure Publishing. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of poems is ideal for the primary classroom as it covers seasonal topics such as Harvest, Halloween, Guy Fawkes Night, Christmas, Pancake Day, Easter and many others. There are also poems about the weather and about a variety of creatures which could be used to support the curriculum. Most of them have already been enjoyed by Eleanor McLeods discerning young pupils. Using poems such as these as a starting point for learning can be fun and informative.Eleanor McLeod is from Swansea, Wales and it was when she began her Primary School teaching career in 1966 that she started writing poems for her pupils. When she decided to change direction and become a professional actress she continued to write poems, stories and dramatic monologues. In 1984 after the birth of her son Thomas, she returned to the classroom where all the old favourites and many new ones were tried and enjoyed once again.As a teacher of the LAMDA Speech and Drama syllabus and a member of the LAMDA Examining board and a adjudicator for the British and International Federation of Festivals she realises how welcome and useful a collection of poems like this will be to teachers and performers.