Poetry

Poetry Fridays.  We love them.  Your kids have mad poetry skills.  We have worked on a variety of things so far this year, but mostly, it has been about getting our thoughts down on paper.  In the coming weeks, we will take a closer look at specific types of poetry (compiling a sample and our own example).  After having the opportunity to work on poems, there is always a chance for kids to SHARE what they have worked on.  Poetry performances are a lot of fun. 

We started writing ILLITERATION poems today.  It’s fun to brainstorm a gazillion words starting with the same sound!  They are amazing poets.  Here’s a sample of classis, albeit OLD SCHOOL alliteration…

Betty Botter by Mother Goose

Betty Botter bought some butter,

but, she said, the butter’s bitter;

if I put it in my batter,

it will make my batter bitter,

but a bit of better butter

will make my batter better.

So she bought a bit of butter

better than her bitter butter,

and she put it in her batter

and the batter was not bitter.

So ‘twas better Betty Botter

bought a bit of better butter.