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Poetry notebooks serve many purposes in the curriculum.  They help develop pre-reading skills such as phonemic awareness, sight word recognition, and comprehension.   

Have children add a new poem once or twice a week to their poetry folders.

Begin by putting a poem on a pocket chart for a week or so. Read the poem everyday.  After a couple of days, give the children individual word cards to match with words in the poem. 

Poetry notebook cover sheet to print and color.

After reading the poem have the children draw an
illustration for the poem.
Each poem will open in a new window.

All the poems below contain partial illustrations.

All the poems below are without illustrations.

Worksheets

Recommended Books
Imagine This! By Joanne Froh Illustrated by Frances Plagens Joanne Frances Press ISBN: 0977764001 Ages: 7+		A collection of rhyming poems for children, illustrated with black-and-white drawings by artist Frances Plagens. The poems will draw children's attention and imaginations with poems of day dreams and make believe.
Poetry Speaks To Children Sourcebooks Mediafusion; Book & CD edition ISBN: 1402203292		This book is an uniquely beautiful anthology of 95 poems with 52 of them read aloud on the accompanying CD. more

Prints Available at AllPosters Bunny Reading Buy this Art Print at AllPosters.com   A to Z Kids Stuff eBooks Poetry Play For Preschoolers by Kimberly M. Hutmacher Poems and activities to challenge and enhance children's creativity. An A to Z Kids Stuff Ebook Exclusive. More Details Here Children's Poetry Party By Kimberly M. Hutmacher and Madison M. Hutmacher This ebook provides lessons and activities to get children excited and inspired to try their hands at different forms of poetry. An A to Z Kids Stuff Ebook Exclusive.

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