W05+Feb9+Poetry+Sounds

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**Books:** "The Snail and the Whale" by Julia Donaldson & selected poems =====


 * Participants Bring:**
 * Show-n-Tell: Bring one of your favorite things to tell us about.
 * Poetry Folders


 * Co-Leaders Bring:**
 * Books and copies of poems for use during lesson --- //Sue//
 * Copies of poems for folder, typed --- //Sue//
 * Shapes --- //Sue//
 * White board //--- Sue//
 * Rhythm instruments //--- Susan//

10:00 - Arrive. Kids play. Parents chat. 10:15 - Circle Time --- //Susan leads//
 * Lesson Plan:**
 * Name game
 * Show-n-Tell

10:30 - Story Time --- //Sue leads//
 * Review: Poetry uses patterns of sound (rhyme, rhyme, and repetition (alliteration)) to evoke emotion
 * Read The Snail and the Whale

10:30 - Snack Break 10:40 - Activity: Working with Rhyming Patterns & Authoring a Poem --- //Sue leads//
 * Listen to a poem and identify the rhyming pattern, done as a group [maybe again as individuals?] (using cut-out shapes)
 * Write a poem as a group: Outline the rhyming pattern of a poem (use cut-out shapes); choose the words to "fill in" the outline
 * Write a poem as an individual: Write Name down the side of paper, write/draw/cut-n-paste "words" to write the poem. Each word/line begins with the letter of the name.

11:00 - End
 * Hand out poems to add to their folders
 * If we make some sort of "poem pieces", hand out at end for kids to play with
 * Clarify plans for 3rd week of poetry.

@http://www.poetry.org/whatis.htm @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry
 * More Ideas & Resources:**