tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post116871072194098417..comments2024-03-19T05:26:04.770-04:00Comments on A Year of Reading: POETRY FRIDAY!Mary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-1169343545610895632007-01-20T20:39:00.000-05:002007-01-20T20:39:00.000-05:00Julie--it was nice to chat with you today. So gla...Julie--it was nice to chat with you today. So glad Poetry Friday! worked well for your kids. Mine usually have fun with it too. I've noticed that it helps those kids who are often uncomfortable with their fluency too. It is just a good time:-)<BR/><BR/>I agree that any of these poetry routines help get kids to love poetry. I remember reading about your Poetry Circle on your blog. A great idea! I find that since I started Poetry Friday years ago, the poetry writing has increased too:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-1169342309836306962007-01-20T20:18:00.000-05:002007-01-20T20:18:00.000-05:00Poetry Circle happens bi-weekly, so my kids missed...Poetry Circle happens bi-weekly, so my kids missed it this past Friday. They were sooooo sad! They can't wait for this Friday. (Too bad I'll be at a P.D. and will miss it.) I think when kids look forward to things like Poetry Circle, Poetry Friday, etc. it makesit so much easier to weave poetry across the school year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-1169339758971536092007-01-20T19:35:00.000-05:002007-01-20T19:35:00.000-05:00Franki,I chatted with you briefly today at Chris T...Franki,<BR/><BR/>I chatted with you briefly today at Chris Tovani's workshop. I want to reiterate how much my students loved Poetry Friday. I had read about it on Choice Literacy and decided to just dive right in. I had received some poetry books that you recommended from Amazon. I loved it. My kids loved it. It was so great for me to see my boys giggle over Shel Silverstein and two girls who are very low readers have fun with Take Me Out of the Bathtub. The best part was when I asked who wanted to read some of their poems aloud. About 10 kids raised their hands...one of them being someone who is very embarrassed to read in front of others and hated reading at the beginning of the year. Thanks for the great idea...we are looking forward to more Poetry Fridays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com