I'm new to blogging and I appreciate the course I am taking as part of my teacher certification program. The course, as evidenced here, has introduced me to blogging. But more importantly it has opened my eyes to the possibilities that it offers students.
With that introduction I want to comment specifically about the noon poetry program. In Texas, students will encounter poetry in their STAAR exams. I'm in 6th, 7th and 6th grade ELAR classrooms and students in each are introduced to the types of poetry and how it can connect with ourselves as people but also how it is a means of expressing our feelings and thoughts to others.
I'm convinced practice is the one way students can not only master poetry but actually appreciate it as a communication tool. The Lunch Poems programs demonstrates how students can be successful and actually have fun writing and reading their poem.
http://lunchpoems.berkeley.edu/
