Magnetic Poetry

Get ready for a really long post . . . The following are some of the activities we do on our magnet board . Sorry I can't show them...

I have been thinking all summer about my beginning of the year theme and how I would introduce myself to this year's student body. Historically, I have chosen a picture book to read to every classroom. I choose the book after an extensive search for something that has a profound message. This year, I saw some quotes on Pinterest that peeked my interest. Then, I saw a graphic on www.mycollegesandcareers.com that looked really interesting to me. The final theme decision: "BE" Yourself! First…

Exciting lesson ideas, classroom strategies, teaching tips, book lists, videos, and reproducibles in a daily blog by teachers from the classrooms of extraordinary mentor

Remember this post? I finally got around to putting words on the Duplos! Well, some of them. I probably have enough to do two sets if this center works as well as I hope. I think it will be especially fun in April for Poetry Month. I used a lot of K-2 sight words to make it appropriate for a range of grades and abilities. I also threw in some library words and some fun words. I can’t find the file with my list of words anywhere or else I would share with you! If I make a new copy, I will…

Magnet1 It's hard to keep up with all the people talking about The Magnetic Poetry for Kids website. I just spent 40 minutes playing with the various "kits" and now my brain won't shut off thinking about how many ways this site can be used inside the classroom.

Exciting lesson ideas, classroom strategies, teaching tips, book lists, videos, and reproducibles in a daily blog by teachers from the classrooms of extraordinary mentor

magnetic poetry kit cookies, a fun cookie decorating idea from TheDecoratedCookie.com

I'm back on the blog! I've finally gotten over the Hoosiers loss in the NCAA tournament. Ha, just kidding! Life has just been busy and the spring is rolling. Spring break brought a trip to San Francisco and Napa Valley with some college friends, and post-spring break brought the start of the track season (I'm a coach for our 4th through 8th grade team!). And I've been training for a half marathon in my little bit of free time. I've been working on lots of new projects, but just haven't had…

Kids tell imaginative stories—with magnetic words and punctuation marks that are color-coded by parts of speech! Our sentence building board includes loads of magnetic words that stick to the board with ease, allowing children to create sentences and entire stories…again and again. 12" magnetic board comes with 190 magnets, plus an activity guide—all in a handy storage pouch. Each magnet measures 1" high.Develops skills in language, sentence building, vocabulary, and conventions of…

National Poetry Month "magnetic" poetry library display. Each of the staff picked a few lines from favorite poems and then we used contact paper and sticky tack! #trl

Guest blogger Brett Vogelsinger shares five of the tools he's used to integrate daily poetry into his ninth grade English class, including strategies from Billy Collins, Garrison Keillor and a refrigerator magnet app.

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We’re excited to welcome our friend Karen Jensen of Teen Librarian’s Toolbox back to the site today to contribute to our National Poetry Month Lineup this year! This time around, she’s sharing some creative ideas for how to engage teens and tweens with poetry through fun, interactive crafts. Enjoy! ~Erinn by Karen Jensen Like a lot of Middle and High School students, I started writing angsty teenage poetry with the best of them (Actually, you can read some of my more recent poetry HERE; I…

Image via Magnetic Poetry I'm sure you've seen these great little Magnetic Poetry kits. Click here for their website- they...