3rd Grade Solar System Poetry
Check out our poems about the Solar System!
RJLee 3rd graders are writing poems about our Solar System!
We've learned how to write poems. Now we will fine-tune our poetry writing skills about an interesting subject: The Solar System!
On Tuesdays & Thursdays from 2:00-3:00pm (a different 3rd grade class each week)
Learners will listen to and read a few creative poems, receive instruction about various types of poems and figurative language techniques, then choose a type of poem and topic to write about related to the solar system.
Mrs. Shaner has some books and websites available for use! Get inspired and creative! Can't wait to read your amazing poems!
Event Information
Ms. Hooper's Class gets the third lesson!
When?
Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 02:00 PM
Where?
Room 302- Mrs. Shaner's class
Event Information
Mrs. Genco's class gets the second lesson!
When?
Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 02:00 PM
Where?
Room 302- Mrs. Shaner's class
Event Information
Mrs. Shaner's class gets the first lesson!
When?
Wednesday, Apr 29, 2015, 02:00 PM
Where?
Room 302- Mrs. Shaner's class
Want to have YOUR poems spotlighted on this site?
Here's what you need to do:
- Choose a topic in the solar system that you want to write a poem about.
- Use a thinking map to brainstorm all of the different things you could write about that topic.
- Review the elements of poetry on this page.
- Think about what elements of poetry you want in YOUR poem (i.e. metaphors, rhyme scheme, personification, imagery, etc).
- Decide what TYPE of poem you want to write. Review the rules of that type of poem on this page.
- Using what you brainstormed, begin writing the rough draft of your poem.
- Revise your poem. What can you add? What should you take away? Do you need to rearrange anything?
- Edit your poem. Did you spell everything correctly? Does your poem have punctuation rules?
- Conference with Mrs. Shaner once you have finished your rough draft and made your revisions and edits.
- Using her advice on how to improve your poem, go back and make your final revisions/edits.
- Decide how you want the final copy to look. Do you need special paper to write it?
- Write your final copy. Don't forget your title and name!
- Use an iPad to take a picture of it and email it to Mrs. Shaner.
- If you followed all of the directions above, Mrs. Shaner will post it here!!!
Poems we've written this week...
Jupiter
A Free Verse by Sathvik in G3
Sun and Earth are Buddies
A Two Voice poem by Vidita in G3
Sun and Earth are Buddies continued
A Two Voice by Vidita in G3
Sun
A Haiku by Vidita
Stars
A Free Verse by Divya in G 3
Sun and Earth
A Two Voice poem by Shreya in G3
Saturn and Jupiter
A Two voice poem by Marya in G3
Pluto
A Diamanté poem by Arihan in G3
Sun and Moon
A Two Voice poem by Ramya in G3
The Blue Light
A Concrete poem By Ashwin in G3
Saturn
A Haiku by Sami
Venus vs Saturn
A Two Voice by G3
Saturn
A Haiku by Nishaath in G3
The Sun
A concrete poem by Fatima in G3
Jupiter
A Concrete poem by Srinithi in G3
The Milky Way and the Black Hole
A Two Voice by Nuhad and Darsh in G3
Black Hole
A Concrete poem by Zane in G3
The Milky Way and the Black Hole continued
A Two Voice by Nuhad and Darsh in G3
Poems we wrote during week 1...
Asteroid
A Tanka poem by Akhil in P3
Comets
A Free Verse poem by Tanya in P3
Black Hole
A Bio and Concrete poem by Neha in P3
The Sun
A Tanka by Sean in P3
Sun Poem
A Free Verse by Isabella in P3
Solar Eclipse
A Quatrain by Gauri in P3
The Comet's Crash
A Free Verse by Tarini in P3
Black Hole
A Bio Poem by Aditya in P3
Jupiter
A Quatrain by Akhil in P3
Sun
A Free Verse by Davide in P3
Sun
By a Quatrain by Jocelyn
Stars
A Concrete Poem by Kirtana
Uranus
A Concrete Poem by Kshetra in P3
Guess What Planet I Am...
A Free Verse Riddle Poem by Rithika in P3
I am the Sun
A Concrete poem by Srinidhi in P3
Moon
A Free Verse poem by Subashree in P3
Milky Way
A Free Verse by Subashree in P3
Jupiter
A Tanka by Tisya in P3
Mercury
A Quatrain by Subashree in P3
Mars
A Free Verse by Subashree in P3
Milky Way
A Haiku by Kunal in P3
How do you become a poet of the week?
- Only poets whose poems are approved to go on this site are eligible to be poet of the week.
- Learners will then vote on the poems submitted, using specific criteria (rubric), and the top 3 poets will become the poets of the week.
- If there are not very many submissions to vote on, there may only be 1 poet of the week!
- So, act NOW and get those poems submitted to Mrs. Shaner!!!
Our top poets of the week:
Click to see some of the different poem rules.
Need to know how to write a Haiku? What about a cinquain? We've got those as well as the Tanka, Sonnet, Quatrain, Triplet, Couplet, Diamante, and Bio Poem. Click here to learn more about how to write them and see some examples of them.
To learn more about elements of poetry, click here.
Can't remember what alliteration means? What about onomatopoeia? If you need to brush up on these things, as well as imagery, rhyme scheme, similes, metaphors, or personification, look no further!! You're in the right place!
To learn more about concrete poems...
Check out a book titled: A Poke in the I (a collection of concrete poems) by Paul B Janeczko
Mrs. Shaner has a copy of it for you to use.
I am Your Sun Concrete poem above
This poem was written by Avent on her own personal blog. http://newplacenewmenewmrscrouch.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-concrete-poem-i-am-your-sun.html
To learn more about 2 voice poems...
Check out a book titled: Joyful Noise (poems for two voices) by Paul Flesischman
Mrs. Shaner has a copy of it for you to use.
For a Two Voice Poem Tutorial
This slideshow goes into a lot of detail on HOW to write a two voice poem. If you want to learn more about what exactly a two voice poem is and how to write one, check this page out.
Got questions? Ask them here at Solar_System_Poetry...
Post your questions to this Today's Meet Page. Maybe someone else has the SAME question as you! Better yet, someone ELSE might have the ANSWER to your questions!!! You all can check this page to ask or answer questions that your classmates have.
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