K-Poets

Lesson Plans

Here are lesson plans that we have tested. They are frequently cross-references and are presented for further explanations. Photos and annotations are presented as often as possible.

four furry feet

TITLE: "Honey"
CONCEPTS & SKILLS: Onset / H
LINK: Letter "H"

fur feet

TITLE: "Four Fur Feet "
CONCEPTS & SKILLS: Onset rhymes
LINK: Alliteration poetry

letter u

TITLE: "The letter U"
CONCEPTS & SKILLS: Onset / U / sound and formation by pairing music with literacy
LINK: Letter "U"

letter b

TITLE: Pairing Painting and Poetry
CONCEPTS & SKILLS: Onset / B / by pairing visual arts and poetry
LINK: Letter "U"

letter l

TITLE: "Letter L " and white boards
CONCEPTS & SKILLS: Onset / L
LINK: Letter "L" & white boards

letter k

TITLE: "Letter K"
CONCEPTS & SKILLS: Onset rhyme segmentation
LINK: Letter "K"

letter n

TITLE: "Letter N"
CONCEPTS & SKILLS: Onset / N and puppetry
LINK: Letter "N"

oral

TITLE: Oral recitation
CONCEPTS & SKILLS: Poetry memorization and recitation
LINK: Poetry memorization and recitation

shadow

TITLE: "Shadow in the Snow "
CONCEPTS & SKILLS:Pairing poetry composition with photography
LINK: "Shadow in the snow "

owl

TITLE: "The Owl and the Pussycat "
CONCEPTS & SKILLS: Dramatization
LINK: "The owl and the pussycat"

pairing and poetry

TITLE: Pairing poetry and paintings
CONCEPTS & SKILLS: Artistic Reaction to a poem
LINK: Pairing poetry composition and paintings

cvc words

TITLE: CVC Words
CONCEPTS & SKILLS: Decoding CVC words
LINK:Consonant vowel consonant

old lady

TITLE: "The Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly "
CONCEPTS & SKILLS: Onset / H
LINK: The Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly

 

TITLE: "The Caterpillar": Poetry across the curriculum
CONCEPTS & SKILLS: Science concepts in poetry
LINK: The Caterpillar

baby boat

TITLE: "Baby's Boat: A lullaby with Angelique Davies "
CONCEPTS & SKILLS: Pairing Drama and Lullaby
LINK: Baby's boat

pocket

TITLE: "Poem in your Pocket"
CONCEPTS & SKILLS:Poetic origami
LINK: Poem in Your Pocket Day