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Write Your Own Limerick

Worksheet

Write Your Own Limerick

Third Grade

Writing

Our limerick worksheet is sure to tickle your kid's funny bone! This limerick exercise teaches them how to write a limerick.

Worksheet

Write Your Own Limerick

Worksheet

Write Your Own Limerick

Our limerick worksheet is sure to tickle your kid's funny bone! This limerick exercise teaches them how to write a limerick.

Third Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Writing a Cinquain Poem

Worksheet

Writing a Cinquain Poem

Second Grade

Writing

This worksheet is a lovely introduction to cinquains and poetic forms.

Worksheet

Writing a Cinquain Poem

Worksheet

Writing a Cinquain Poem

This worksheet is a lovely introduction to cinquains and poetic forms.

Second Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Make a Travel Journal

Activity

Make a Travel Journal

Fourth Grade

Reading

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

Activity

Make a Travel Journal

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Make a Travel Journal

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

Third Grade

Writing

Activity

Write a Concrete Poem For Mom

Activity

Write a Concrete Poem For Mom

First Grade

Writing

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

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Write a Concrete Poem For Mom

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Write a Concrete Poem For Mom

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

Use this fun bee-themed worksheet to help your students write a poem all about bees!

Use this fun bee-themed worksheet to help your students write a poem all about bees!

First Grade

Writing

Worksheet

How to Write a Love Song

Activity

How to Write a Love Song

Fourth Grade

Writing

See how to write a love song simply in this kid-focused tutorial. Learn how to write a love song for Valentine's Day and beyond.

Activity

How to Write a Love Song

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How to Write a Love Song

See how to write a love song simply in this kid-focused tutorial. Learn how to write a love song for Valentine's Day and beyond.

Fourth Grade

Writing

Activity

Sensory Poem: Halloween

Activity

Sensory Poem: Halloween

Fourth Grade

Writing

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

Activity

Sensory Poem: Halloween

Activity

Sensory Poem: Halloween

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

Practice writing sensory poetry using this helpful template that focuses on a place and setting.

Practice writing sensory poetry using this helpful template that focuses on a place and setting.

Kindergarten

Writing

Worksheet

Write Parts of Speech Acrostic Poetry!

Activity

Write Parts of Speech Acrostic Poetry!

Second Grade

Writing

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

Activity

Write Parts of Speech Acrostic Poetry!

Activity

Write Parts of Speech Acrostic Poetry!

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

Second Grade

Writing

Activity

Write a Diamante Poem

Activity

Write a Diamante Poem

Third Grade

Writing

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

Activity

Write a Diamante Poem

Activity

Write a Diamante Poem

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

Third Grade

Writing

Activity

Write Jump Rope Rhymes

Activity

Write Jump Rope Rhymes

Second Grade

Writing

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Activity

Write Jump Rope Rhymes

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Write Jump Rope Rhymes

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Second Grade

Writing

Activity

Valentine Acrostic Poem

Activity

Valentine Acrostic Poem

Third Grade

Writing

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

Activity

Valentine Acrostic Poem

Activity

Valentine Acrostic Poem

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

Third Grade

Writing

Activity

Write a Funny Limerick

Activity

Write a Funny Limerick

Fifth Grade

Writing

Your aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, which are funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

Activity

Write a Funny Limerick

Activity

Write a Funny Limerick

Your aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, which are funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

Fifth Grade

Writing

Activity

St. Patrick's Day Haiku

Activity

St. Patrick's Day Haiku

Third Grade

Writing

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Activity

St. Patrick's Day Haiku

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St. Patrick's Day Haiku

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Third Grade

Writing

Activity

Put on a Poetry Party!

Activity

Put on a Poetry Party!

Second Grade

Writing

Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

Activity

Put on a Poetry Party!

Activity

Put on a Poetry Party!

Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

Fifth Grade

Writing

Activity

Instant Poetry! A Writing Exercise

Activity

Instant Poetry! A Writing Exercise

Kindergarten

Writing

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Activity

Instant Poetry! A Writing Exercise

Activity

Instant Poetry! A Writing Exercise

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Kindergarten

Writing

Activity

Speak up for the Earth

Activity

Speak up for the Earth

Fifth Grade

Writing

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

Activity

Speak up for the Earth

Activity

Speak up for the Earth

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

Fifth Grade

Writing

Activity

A Sonia-Inspired Activity: Poetry Read-Alouds

Activity

A Sonia-Inspired Activity: Poetry Read-Alouds

Pre-K

Writing

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A Sonia-Inspired Activity: Poetry Read-Alouds

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A Sonia-Inspired Activity: Poetry Read-Alouds

Pre-K

Writing

Activity

Write an "I Used To, Now I" Poem

Activity

Write an "I Used To, Now I" Poem

Second Grade

Writing

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

Activity

Write an "I Used To, Now I" Poem

Activity

Write an "I Used To, Now I" Poem

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

Second Grade

Writing

Activity

Before and After Halloween Acrostic

Activity

Before and After Halloween Acrostic

Fifth Grade

Writing

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

Activity

Before and After Halloween Acrostic

Activity

Before and After Halloween Acrostic

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Fourth Grade

Writing

Activity

Write Dad a Basketball Message

Activity

Write Dad a Basketball Message

Fifth Grade

Writing

Anyone can write Dad a card for Father's Day; but for the dad who loves sports, get the family to write him a special haiku on a basketball instead!

Activity

Write Dad a Basketball Message

Activity

Write Dad a Basketball Message

Anyone can write Dad a card for Father's Day; but for the dad who loves sports, get the family to write him a special haiku on a basketball instead!

Fifth Grade

Writing

Activity

Journal Prompts For Kids

Workbook

Journal Prompts For Kids

Fourth Grade

Writing

Kids can go on a daily writing adventure with a month's worth of prompts to keep writing skills sharp. Invent an animal, write a recipe, make three wishes, and more!

Workbook

Journal Prompts For Kids

Workbook

Journal Prompts For Kids

Kids can go on a daily writing adventure with a month's worth of prompts to keep writing skills sharp. Invent an animal, write a recipe, make three wishes, and more!

Fourth Grade

Writing

Workbook

Pick a Peck of Poetry

Workbook

Pick a Peck of Poetry

Third Grade

Reading

What's a metaphor? How do you haiku? Kids will hone reading and writing skills with this book, from a simple syllable counting exercise to inventing rhymes and tangling with the Jabberwocky!

Workbook

Pick a Peck of Poetry

Workbook

Pick a Peck of Poetry

What's a metaphor? How do you haiku? Kids will hone reading and writing skills with this book, from a simple syllable counting exercise to inventing rhymes and tangling with the Jabberwocky!

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Second Grade

Writing

Activity

Earth Day Bingo Board

Worksheet

Earth Day Bingo Board

Pre-K

Writing

From nature hunts and rock painting to recycled art and poetry writing, these activities combine scientific exploration with arts and crafts projects.

Worksheet

Earth Day Bingo Board

Worksheet

Earth Day Bingo Board

From nature hunts and rock painting to recycled art and poetry writing, these activities combine scientific exploration with arts and crafts projects.

Pre-K

Writing

Worksheet

Write a Seasonal Alphabet Poem

Activity

Write a Seasonal Alphabet Poem

Second Grade

Writing

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

Activity

Write a Seasonal Alphabet Poem

Activity

Write a Seasonal Alphabet Poem

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

Second Grade

Writing

Activity

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