Color poem

Would be cute for kinder....just need to figure out a tune...

Well I’m back in the swing of things. The first three days were pretty good. I have 16 lovely first graders, and I think we’re going to have a great year. This week we worked on routines and expectations. My students loved the Marshmallow Toes! Thanks to Kelli at Castles and Crayons! Here are some more pictures of my classroom. Ignore the sorting bins for supplies. My Important Times wall and clock! Thanks to Mrs. Lemons at Step into Second Grade and Lauren at Just Add Clipart. This year…

Teach the different styles of poetry to kids in the classroom. Includes poetry definitions, examples, and activities. Great for elementary school.

This is my 4th installment in my Teaching Colors series and you will find that by the time December rolled around, I decided to stop taking photos of everything. It was not really by choice, but rather by necessity as our classroom got busier and busier! Trying to take blog photos with 12 2-year-olds running around …

Every year, at the beginning of Kindergarten we begin learning the color words. If you are like me you own the color word CDs and sing them over and over until you can't stop. Then you sing them at home, in the shower, in your head all the time! The good news is: They work! Kids learn how to spell their color words very easily when they learn it in song. (Funny, that actually works for almost anything.) I was growing tired of my old color word poem charts in my classroom and decided to make…

I like to spend a couple weeks each year teaching my students about poetry. We do a number of fun activities in addition to reading and wr...

Color words are included in almost every kindergarten curriculum! Kindergarten students read them, spell them, and write them! When teach...

Are you introducing metaphors and similes to your class this year? Come visit my blog and pick up the freebie Color Poems: Exploring Metaphors and Similes. Students will learn the difference between a metaphor and simile, read several examples of color poems, and create their own. I hope you enjoy this lesson with your class.

Teach your kids how to write poetry with this fun free color poem template.

Blue is such a beautiful color! I like to tell my students how God made so many different things in our world blue – the ocean and sky being two huge examples! Here are a few cute ways you can help your students celebrate the color blue… Read The Monster At the End of This Book […]