Best poems to teach with in fifth grade?

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Love That Dog

And hate that cat!

Inside out and back again, out of the dust- both historical novels written in prose. Follow follow is a picture book of poems that tell a different story when read backwards.

Fig

Home of the brave by Katherine Apple gate.

Fig

Jabberwocky is always good for context clues.

Suzanne

Try the Christopher Myers interpretation. It’s on a basketball court in a city.

Fig

Suzanne love that!

LOVE Out of the Dust!!

Amy

Crossover and Booked

Bonnie

Definitely The Crossover and Booked. All The Broken Pieces, Garvey’s Choice.

Bonnie

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Julie

We used Coldplay’s song Paradise as a poem, but didn’t tell them they were song lyrics until after we had analyzed and interpreted the symbolism. Afterwards we played the song and video and the kids loved it!

Susan

Brown Girl Dreaming

Jim

If you can find the anthology “Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle and other Modern Verse,” there are so many great poems in it. I had a class set when I was teaching.

Pam

Look at Sara Holbrook’s website. She has tons of poetry books that fit perfectly with the age. They have a great variety of subjects – friendships, not fitting in, family, not being heard, etc.

Jim

A couple of good sites: https://www.poemhunter.com/ and https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/browse#page=1&sort_by=recently_added&filter_poetry_children=1

Maria

We do a close read and analyze The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.

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