First day poem

Poetry is an amazing tool in preschool and kindergarten! You can teach a ton of literacy skills if you use poems in your classroom on a regular basis! These back-to-school poems are a great way to get started with shared reading from the first day of school!

Free Poetry activity! April 27th is Poem in Your Pocket Day. This poetry lesson makes a great bulletin board display for the classroom!

Yesterday was a sad day in more ways than one. My heart goes out to everyone affected by yesterday's tragedy. I am thankful I have my kiddos and their creative little minds to get my mind off of things! We finished up our spring image writing yesterday. We began the lesson by reading a spring book (of course!). Then the kids each painted sheets of paper in the colors they would need. It takes awhile, but the end products are well worth the time spent!! Each started by making a page in all…

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Back to School Poem called My First Day. Instant download. Both Grade 1 and Grade 2 versions in colour and black/white.

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Having your first graders dive into writing poetry can be a tricky thing, but it is so much fun if you really give them plenty of freedom! During poetry month it is nice to take a break from our very

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Are you in the final days of the school year and hanging on by a thread?! I feel you. We all know the mixed bag of emotions that the end of a school year brings along with a level of exhaustion only seen during back to school time. Cue the “there’s no tired like end of school year teacher tired” memes… although I don’t