Kids Wings Favorite 4 Poetry Picture Books!

A Lucky Thing, Mirror Mirror, My Dog Is as Smelly as Dirty Socks, and Dirty Laundry Pile

Poetry makes the ordinary extraordinary.  It helps us look at things with different eyes and often helps us think “out-of-the-box.”  It reveals “secrets.”  It uses some of the most interesting pieces of our language including figurative language.  Figurative language includes similes and metaphors to compare two very different things and personification to bring objects and animals to life

A Lucky Thing -- Creative Observation!
Activities include:
Point of View
Poetic Devices
A Poet’s Eyes
Crossword Questions
Writer’s Corner
Answers

Mirror Mirror – Reversible Poetry!
Activities include:
Pre-Reading Discussion Cards
2 -Page Readers’ Theater Introduction
Crossword Puzzle: Through Other Eyes
So, You Think It's Easy
Analogies
Multiple Choice Comprehension
Answer Keys

My Dog Is as Smelly as Dirty Socks – Similes and Concrete Poetry
Activities include:
Pre-reading Discussion Cards
Body Parts in Similes: Readers' Theater Poetry
Simile Crossword Puzzle
Object Art—Concrete Poetry
Checking for Understanding (Crossword Puzzle)
My Family Similes
Know That Simile!
As Much Fun as a Circus (Creating Similes)

Dirty Laundry Pile - Personification Poetry!
Cartoon Costume Vocabulary Stretch
Hearing Voices
Checking Comprehension
Playful Personification
Rebecca's Report with Comprehension Questions
Answers

The Kids Wings Literature guide for the delightful Newbery Medalist,  Flora and Ulysses, has a great Poetry Section!  Check it out!   http://suzyred.com/2014-Flora-and-Ulysses.html