April is Poetry Month!!

Hello Parents and Students!

I wanted to remind all parents and students to brush up on different types of poetry! Students and Parents make sure to include each other with different types of poetry that you may enjoy this is very encouraging to look at all the different types of poetry that there is out there!

We will be covering these NY Standards through our Poetry Unit:


PK-1.L.1
Listen respectfully and responsively


PK-1.L.2
Attend to a listening activity for a specified period of time


PK-1.L.4
Respond with expression appropriate to what is heard

Here are some websites for Students to look for Poetry on:

http://www.poetry4kids.com

http://www.gigglepoetry.com

Here is a website for Parents to look for Poetry on:

http://www.poetryteachers.com/index.html

Here's Miss Dutchess' Favorite Poem:

Life

What is our life? A play of passion, Our mirth the music of division, Our mother's wombs the tiring-houses be, Where we are dressed for this short comedy. Heaven the judicious sharp spectator is, That sits and marks still who doth act amiss. Our graves that hide us from the setting sun Are like drawn curtains when the play is done. Thus march we, playing, to our latest rest, Only we die in earnest, that's no jest.

-Sir Walter Raleigh