Great+Poetry+Race

=The Great Poetry Race=

I found this idea in the April 2009 issue of Reading Teacher. Students take a poem home for a week or over the weekend. They read the poem several times and have another adult sign that they have read the poem. The adult can also comment on their reading. The idea allows for repeated readings of a text thus building fluency. Students also will find it so motivating to get to the end of the race. It is also a great way to involve families in the repeated reading of text.

Look for more poems in the next couple of weeks. [|My Pockets.pdf] [|High Five.pdf] || [|My Teacher Ate My Homework.pdf] [|You Can Argue with a Tennis Ball.pdf] [|My Kitten Won't Stop Talking.pdf] [|A Bridge to the Moon.pdf] [|It Can't Be Time to Take a Bath.pdf] [|My Parents Are Pretending.pdf] [|My Secret List for Halloween.pdf] [|Street Pizza.pdf] || [|Welcome Back to School.pdf] [|SOGGY SNEAKER PARADE.pdf] [|Afterschool snack.pdf] [|Fishing With Jordan.pdf] [|I Love Summer-Except.pdf] [|Spring Will Be Pretty.pdf] [|Swimming Lessons Poem.pdf] [|Oops.pdf] [|Mr. Backward.pdf] || [|The Turkey Shot Out of the Oven.pdf] [|If You Make Me Go to Bed No1.pdf] || [|Cannonball.pdf] [|Relay Race.pdf] ||
 * **Kindergarten** || [|Sun and Moon.pdf] ||
 * **Grade 1** || [|The Last Leaf.pdf]
 * **Grade 2** || [|Every Swing Is Being Used.pdf]
 * **Grade 3** || [|Heavy Reading.doc]
 * **Grade 4** || [|My Brother Built a Robot.pdf]
 * **Grade 5** || [|Another Note from Mom.pdf]