Pocket Poems

I only read a few poems from this book for my lit project. ( )

This book would be good to take a few poems out and share with the class in a poetry binder. There could be a class set of poetry binders for the students to use during partner reading time. Some of the poems found in the book are sing-songy and kids will laugh when they are read.

I really liked this book. Its a great book to teach children about rhyming and poetry. There were a few poems I didn't like so I should remember to be selective with which ones I share with my students. ( )

The genre of this book is poetry and it is fictional. The art in this book is very colorful and hand-drawn. It is painted with water colors. There is no theme throughout the book, but the first poem does talk about keeping a poem in your pocket, and the last poem is similar. A few of the poems were similar to other poems like "humpty dumpty" and "twinkle twinkle little star", just with different words. The rhythm is the same just different words. I would say the reading level is probably second or third grade because it is not very difficult, but I do not know if younger kids would understand poetry. The curricular connections in this book are; rhyming, poetry forms, and line stanzas. It would be good to read this book during English or Language Arts since it has to do with words of poetry. ( )

This is a great poetry collection for elementary students. The variety and selection of poems in this book really appeals to kids! My students love this book. The playful and colorful illustrations really appeal to the kids too. One can find Dickinson, Sandburg and Fisher . . . as well as other less well known poets. Many of my students chose poems from this book to add to their poetry notebooks. ( )