How to Mark Up a Poem Poster

Walk through the callouts together, then give pairs a short poem and a pencil to mark up the same way. Keep the poster up as a reminder during Poetry Month reading.

One poster with Christina Rossetti's daffodil poem from Sing-Song (1872), which begins Growing in the vale, in the center. Six callouts around it show how to circle new words like vale and scant, underline pictures, notice rhymes like hilly, chilly and Daffadowndilly, sketch it, ask a question and make a connection. A Try it! line asks students to mark up a poem from their class book with the same 6 steps.

Yes. We made it for 3rd Grade to 5th Grade holiday activities, and it works the same at home or at school. Families print it for one child and keep it where they will use it every day. Teachers print a copy per student or one for the whole room, whichever the day needs.

27 printable resources, all free to preview. There are 47 Poetry Month resources in all, from Kindergarten to 5th Grade, gathered on our Poetry Month activities page. Downloads are included with a ClassWeekly free trial, and every page prints on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.

These are written for 3rd Grade to 5th Grade students, roughly ages 8-11. Many teachers also use them a grade up for review or a grade down as an extension, so use the preview to judge the fit for a particular child.

Yes. Nothing here assumes a classroom of 25, so they work the same one-to-one at the kitchen table as they do in a 3rd Grade to 5th Grade classroom, a learning center, or a tutoring session.