Poetry at YOSS with Mrs. Davidowitz

Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them”, Denis Gabor. Poems help bring our third-grade curriculum to life. Our students absolutely love poetry from the tongue twisting words, alliteration, onomatopoeia, the fun language, the rhyme the rhythm, and so much more. A class favorite in analyzing elements of poetry is the mood the poet sets. Our students have explored the use of imagery appealing to the five senses when both reading and writing color poems. We are building connections, inspiring our audience, experimenting with words, expressing our feelings, and increasing our fluency. The students channeled their talents and strengths into self-reflection and exploration when writing about an inspiring topic- themselves. Thus, their bio poems came to life. Studying poetry can turn any struggling reader into a lover of literature. And boy do our third graders love literature!