Term
Spring 2019
Capstone
Capstone Project
Degree Name
MALED
Facilitator(s)
Vivian Johnson and Patty Born
Content Expert
Rebecca Gainey
Abstract
There are many benefits to creating poetry-rich classrooms where students experience poetry in a variety of ways. This capstone project addresses the question: How can third grade teachers effectively expose students to the genre of poetry and teach them how to write poetry? This project describes the rationale for a poetry unit, and the literature review addresses the benefits of poetry, its role in the Common Core State Standards, and why teacher modeling is an effective teaching strategy. The project consists of a poetry writing unit to be used with third grade students. Within the unit there are recommendations of how teachers can set up a poetry-rich classroom for their students that includes exposing them to many types of poems and building their background knowledge about poetry. This environment is necessary in order for the students to be successful at writing poetry. A teacher modeling component is present in each of the twelve poetry writing lessons. Future implications of this work may include teachers creating poetry-rich environments where students can reap the many benefits that poetry has to offer.
Project Type
Poetry in Elementary Classrooms, Teacher Modeling, Poetry and the Common Core
Keywords
Poetry in Elementary Classrooms, Teacher Modeling, Poetry and the Common Core
Recommended Citation
Youngblut, Mary Beth, "Tending Poetic Gardens: Weaving Poetry Into A Third Grade Curriculum" (2019). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects. 284.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_cp/284
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text
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DigitalCommons@Hamline
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application/pdf
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School of Education Student Capstone Projects