April is National Poetry Month! Below you will find some good resources to use as you invite your students to explore and marvel at how words create art. Keep a poem in your pocket and hold on to a poem in your heart.
National Poetry Month and Common Core-Aligned Resources
April is National Poetry Month and this website provides information on celebrations, contests
and access to classroom resources for integrating poetry into the curriculum. The site also gives
access to lesson plans developed by the Academy of American Poets, most of which are aligned
to the Common Core. The Academy’s Educator in Residence has reviewed all classroom
materials with “an eye toward developing skills of perception and imagination.”
http://www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/about-celebration
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/lesson-plans