Poetry cafe classroom ideas

I'm Katie Lyon, a 5th grade teacher, VP, Director of our 1:1 iPad program, and blogger. I share classroom tips, ideas, & resources for the classroom.

Thank you to everyone who came out to support our Poetry Cafe! The children really enjoyed having their families there to support them and listen to them read their poems aloud. Here are some pictures of the students reading their poems and then sharing their illustrations with the audience. They did a great job and we were so proud of them! After each student read one poem to the audience, they were able to share the rest of the poems they had written in their poetry journal with their…

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I'm Katie Lyon, a 5th grade teacher, VP, Director of our 1:1 iPad program, and blogger. I share classroom tips, ideas, & resources for the classroom.

Mikelle Noreen on Instagram: "Poetry Cafe - Students learn and write a variety of different poem styles. #poetry #iteach345 #tpt"

I love admiring this picture. For me, there's something so very peaceful about it. It represents nine months of blossoming for 24 young little thinkers. I took this on the day of our Poetry Cafe (inspired by Marie, my teammate, who found an amazing post about a teacher who knew how to put on a great Poetry Cafe - look here and you'll be impressed). Each of my poets got to sit in the limelight and read one of their published poems while the other poets sat on the floor quietly awaiting their…

KRISTY DOUGLAS on Instagram: “A whole “LATTE” poetry ☕️📚 . . . . . . #starbooks #starbucks #cafe #poems #upperelementary #iteach345 #iteachfourth #roomtransformation…”