Hello wonderful BCTELA members, BCTELA member and Teacher-Librarian, Celia Brownrigg, celebrated Poetry Month with her students by holding a “Poem in my Pocket” contest. She shared her experience with us in haiku form.
Poems in my pocket
I carry around with me
a surprise to share
Celebrating spring
April is poetry month
students are poets
Everyday, a poem
read over the announcements
to start the school day
Poems in your pocket
Students find, write, and share poems:
a way to take part
Every pocket poem
is shared: read aloud to me,
posted publicly
Students may write, share
as many poems as they wish
For poetry month
Last day of the month
a draw from the pocket poems:
excited students
The prize? Poems, of course.
Science poems. Book with CD*
and the winner is….
One grade three student
submitted fifty-plus poems
odds aren’t everything.
A second poem prize,
a special presentation
for prolific poems**
Thoughts upon the end:
a success. Next year: bigger
more poems, kids, places.
How did you celebrate Poetry Month? Share your stories by commenting on this post.
*The Tree That Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science, and Imagination (2009) Selected by Mary Ann Hoberman and Linda Winston
** Poem in Your Pocket for Young Poets: 100 poems to rip out and read (2011) by The Academy of American Poets and Bruno Navasky