Here I am at the waning days of summer and it
seems like the mind is swimming with ideas. This leads me to the subject
of this post: Environment. I want to draw on the collective intelligence
of the digital world and share some great places to find some great ideas about
environment.
It is always great to post a poem at the entrance
of your classroom door. A poem is an
invitation to fall in love with words.
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater wrote an incredible poem for her students. It is posted below and can be found on her
blog at http://www.poemfarm.amylv.com/2012/08/dear-students-new-book.html.
Another great poem to "roll out the carpet" to the beginning of a new school year is Invitation by
Shel Silverstein. I think I stumbled onto the idea for this poem when visiting Stacey Shubitz and Ruth Ayres blog at http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com several years ago.
"If
you are a dreamer,
come
in,
If you are a dreamer,
a
wisher, a liar,
A
hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer...
If
you're a pretender,
come
sit by my fire
For
we have some
flax-golden tales to spin.
Come
in!
Finally, a poem that will be a mantra that will echo in student minds all year long and fuel a love of reading is Good Books, Good Times by Lee Bennett Hopkins. This poem provides wonderful opportunities for shared and choral reading as kids love the beat, pace and power of this poem.
Hello! I just wanted to thank you for including my poem here on your blog! I just found it, and I appreciate your kind words. All best to you and your students... a.
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