My school just installed projectors in all the classrooms this year and I have been trying to find ways to use it in all subject areas. I downloaded the Kindle app on to my PC desktop and you can view Kindle books on the projector without a document reader.
I purchased The Poetry Friday Anthology (Common Core All Grades K-5) E-book for $9.99. You can buy one grade level for $3.99, I recommend all because each poem refers a poem from another grade level to share for comparison, structural elements, styles, themes, etc. This book is worth it!!!
There are 36 weeks of poems for each grade level, but my favorite part is the page after the poem that gives suggestions on how to teach and share it with the kids. For example, before reading the poem about a crocodile show a video clip of a crocodile moving, then share the poem. Go to
Amazon and check it out!
Here are my children acting out a poem about football. We read "Running Back" and "Watching Football." They were both free verse poems about watching football on TV. I had three children take turns pantomiming the poem while the children read it with expression and worked on fluency. It was only my second week sharing poems from the book, but I knew it was a hit, when they came in on Friday asking when we were doing the poems.
I plan to make a binder of the poems we share for partner reading during Daily Five.
