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Weekly Activities For April 11-25

April 11-15 is National School Library Week

**April 12th is DEAR Day!!** Sign up for your class/grade level time!

Poetry Stations in the library: "Magnetic Poetry" style Cinquain, Diamonte, and Haiku poems, Poetry Roulette using Lark app on iPads, Blackout Poetry, make a page in our "I Spy" ebook, Poetry Symbaloo page

Fifth Grade has made Poem Trailers that will be shown on the morning announcements!

April 15th Fourth Grade is visiting the library to make Spine Poetry

April 18-22 - Karyn at TLA Conference (Mrs. Farris to sub)

Poetry Stations will continue and Earth Day Scavenger Hunt will be added to the choices.

April 25 is Poem in Your Pocket Day (Click to hear Emily Arrow's song on Spotify!)

**All students will have an opportunity to choose a poem to keep in their pocket. Encourage students to share theirs throughout the day!

10:30-11:00am Second Grade will participate in a Google Hangout with Cantata Poets, Librarians, Emily Arrow, and other classes!

11:00-11:30am First Grade will enjoy a Skype with Emily Arrow


Cantata Videos Cantata Learning has created a series of books that uses songs to teach young students about several curriculum topics. This page has several to use during Poetry Month and we have several more in our Capstone Interactive ebooks. Kinder will connect again with Shannon Miller soon and Second Grade will meet some of the poets who write these songs on April 25th!	Emily Arrow Emily Arrow writes songs about picture books! Click here to go to her YouTube videos! First and Second grade will hear her on Poem in Your Pocket Day! Be sure to Practice singing and dancing along before April 25th!	Write with a Poet (from Scholastic) Our kids love silly poems! Here are some lessons to help teach your students how to write like Jack Prelutsky! Have fun being silly! It's one of the best parts of writing poetry!

Cantata Videos

Cantata Learning has created a series of books that uses songs to teach young students about several curriculum topics. This page has several to use during Poetry Month and we have several more in our Capstone Interactive ebooks. Kinder will connect again with Shannon Miller soon and Second Grade will meet some of the poets who write these songs on April 25th!

Emily Arrow

Emily Arrow writes songs about picture books! Click here to go to her YouTube videos! First and Second grade will hear her on Poem in Your Pocket Day! Be sure to Practice singing and dancing along before April 25th!

Write with a Poet (from Scholastic)

Our kids love silly poems! Here are some lessons to help teach your students how to write like Jack Prelutsky! Have fun being silly! It's one of the best parts of writing poetry!


Kate DiCamillo	Available April 12	Sponsored by inprint and Blue Willow Bookshop

Karyn Lewis

Karyn's Korner

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Karyn's Korner

Weeks of April 11th and 18th

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Weekly Activities For April 11-25

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Poetry Resources for you to use!

Cantata Videos

Emily Arrow

Write with a Poet (from Scholastic)

Cantata Videos

Emily Arrow

Write with a Poet (from Scholastic)

Kate DiCamillo

Available April 12

Sponsored by inprint and Blue Willow Bookshop

Kate DiCamillo

Available April 12

Sponsored by inprint and Blue Willow Bookshop

Inprint Author Series: Meet Kate DiCamillo

Sunday, April 17th, 3pm

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Houston, TX

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