Poem+of+the+Month

The poem of the month must be memorized by the last school day in the month. They may be recited to me anytime before then, as well. Each poem is worth 100 points. Memorizing poetry is a great way to increase student fluency and comprehension reading skills, which are essential to master at this stage in their literacy development.

September:[| “Hope Is A Thing With Feathers” by Emily Dickinson] media type="youtube" key="quFE4B4iURs" height="390" width="640"

October: [|“Autumn Fires” by Robert Louis Stevenson] media type="youtube" key="obgzRTIclkc" height="315" width="420"

November: [|“Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost] media type="youtube" key="zm2wKrR2uOU" height="315" width="420"

December: [|“Silver” by Walter de la Mare] media type="custom" key="10473070"

January: [|“January” by John Updike] media type="youtube" key="W4cbFODoDH4" height="315" width="420"

February: [|“Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare] media type="youtube" key="geWkR7nFZ4c" height="315" width="560"

March: “[|Where The Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein] media type="youtube" key="Ocixa4hqx-w" height="315" width="420" media type="youtube" key="7e5ZVIpB4sw" height="315" width="420"

April: [|“The Year’s at the Spring” by Robert Browning]' media type="youtube" key="glrie75lO0E" height="315" width="560"

May: [|“The Star Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key] You only need to memorize the first stanza (our national anthem) media type="youtube" key="i426pbQJZ_g" height="315" width="420" media type="youtube" key="RPtScJKtpos" height="315" width="420"