Sunday, August 21, 2011

Poetry Journals: Making them Matter (November Edition)

Before the Poetry Journal post...

  • You can find how I introduce Poetry Journals here...http://kinder-pond.blogspot.com/2011/07/poetry-journals-making-them-matter_07.html
  • Yes, I will be posting December...soon.
  • I will be creating a post on activities that we do later on in the school year with our Poetry Journals at some point.
  • I will not be creating a Teachers Pay Teachers account. Read previous posts and you will soon realize I just don't believe in charging for materials. Would I enjoy the extra supplement to my income, sure...but it's not going to happen.
  • Scribd goes slow. It's free. A cross you must be willing to bare.
  • I will not change my documents for you to different formats nor will I email them to you. I don't mean to sound wenchy...it's just a fact.

Now with the post :-)
November is a CrAzY month for us in our district! The kiddos are off for the entire week of Thanksgiving. We have Parent/Teacher conferences on Monday and Tuesday, then we are off the rest of the week. I LOVE it!!!

With that being said, what you will find with this edition is not much, lol. The first week of November/the last week of October we learn about Fall (I am going to repost Gray Squirrel because that is the poem we do). The two weeks that follow are a combination of Turkeys and Thanksgiving. The week of Thanksgiving we are off, so there isn't a poem. The final week of November/first week of December we do our Gingerbread unit. Sorry for any confusion this may cause!

As always, I hope you find things that you can use in your own classroom, and I hope to inspire you to share with your fellow teachers! Leave a comment if you download :)

Enjoy!
Shannon

All documents contain fonts that are copyright DJ Inkers. Virtually all documents contain graphics that are copyright DJ Inkers. They are used with permission. Please visit http://www.djinkers.com/, for wonderful clipart and fonts.

All of my Poetry Journals can now be found on TPT, as well.
Gray Squirrel


Gray Squirrel


A Turkey Is

A Turkey Is


Thank You

Thank You

Four Gingerbread Men

Four Gingerbread Men

Sorry no picture of the poster. I forgot to take it, maybe I will remember at some point to take it!
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23 comments:

  1. KarenAugust 21, 2011 at 10:11 PM

    Shannon,
    You rock! I appreciate the downloads and the willingness you have to share with others. Thank you! I don't have a blog or a tpt, but I do recognize quality teaching when I see it. I will continue to follow you this year on our Kindergarten journey (this year 18 per class )

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  2. KariAugust 21, 2011 at 10:14 PM

    Thank you Shannon!!! Your posts always make me smile! You are amazing! We have the whole week of Thanksgiving off too. We do conferences at night the week before, so we all get the whole week off which I love!

    Thanks again,
    Kari :)

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  3. LeAnnAugust 22, 2011 at 12:46 AM

    Thanks so much Shannon! You are the best!

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  4. debAugust 22, 2011 at 1:29 AM

    thanks again Shannon! I am nearing the start of my school year and yet, getting poems organized for the year is important to my overall feeling of readiness for the madness and excitement to start. Thanks for all your efforts!

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  5. StephAugust 22, 2011 at 5:58 AM

    Dear Shannon,
    This will be my 5th year teaching kindergarten, and I've been wanting to do more with poetry but just haven't gotten anything going . . . until THIS year when I started seeing your posts for poetry journals. I am so excited to try out the poetry journals, and I am so thankful that you have shared (for free) all of your documents!! The online blog community has become a place that I have come to depend on for new and inspiring ideas. The teachers that I work with in my building at my grade level, while I love them, just don't ever do anything NEW. My online colleagues have been wonderful. THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!
    ~Stephanie

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  6. StephAugust 22, 2011 at 6:00 AM

    p.s. just a question for you . . . can you post a photo of what your journals actually look like? You mentioned using folders. Are they just the 3-prong kind? How often are you punching holes and putting them into the folders? Do the homework pages go in, too, or just the poem page? I'd love some more information.

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  7. PaigeAugust 22, 2011 at 11:29 AM

    Shannon~
    Thanks for all of the downloads and resources - they are absolutely amazing! THANK YOU!
    ~Paige~

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  8. RooAugust 22, 2011 at 3:16 PM

    Thank you, Shannon. I love your poetry journal idea.

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  9. futureflstarAugust 22, 2011 at 9:48 PM

    I really adore this. It's really fantastic of you to be so willing to share. You must be a great teammate!
    I have modified how I will use this but I am loving having this as a resource!
    Thank you!

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  10. LS K teacherAugust 23, 2011 at 10:28 AM

    Thank you for sharing! I love the idea of tying in the shared reading to the homework in such a meaningful way!

    Lynne

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  11. kylieAugust 23, 2011 at 12:11 PM

    These are so cute! Thanks for posting them, and making them free! Hope your class enjoys them as much this year, as they obviously did in the past!

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  12. KatieAugust 23, 2011 at 8:05 PM

    Thank you so much! I've been wanting to get a poetry journal together and this helps me get started!!! You're the best!

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  13. allisonAugust 24, 2011 at 9:09 PM

    Hey Shannon! I was reading a little of what you wrote about free downloads. I just wanted to say that I adore (and download) EVERYTHING you make. I am in love with djinkers clipart and fonts as well. I never buy anything online: I either create it myself or find it for free! I LOVE that you offer what you make to other educators at no cost. Your work has been a blessing to me as a fellow K teacher. I just wanted to drop this note so that I am no longer one of the teachers who downloads all your hard work without leaving a comment. I will say it again: I ADORE your creations. :) Thanks a bunch for what you share with us-Hopefully I will have the chance to share my creations with you someday! Thanks again!

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  14. Mrs. EstesAugust 25, 2011 at 8:17 PM

    Thanks again for all your hard work! I love everything you post. I love everything you create. :)
    http://estes-extras/blogspot.com

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  15. MartaAugust 25, 2011 at 8:36 PM

    Olá, sou do Brasil e passeando pela net encontrei seu blog e gostei muito dele. Parabéns por seu cantinho lindo. Já lhe coloquei na minha lista de blogs pois pretendo voltar aqui mais vezes. Também sou professora de crianças de 5 anos. Se desejar me visitar ficarei feliz.

    Marta
    http://eucraftemuitomais.blogspot.com

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  16. SCTigerAugust 26, 2011 at 7:25 PM

    Thanks! I will share with my teachers! Poetry is such a great tool.
    literacyminute.blogspot.com

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  17. KimberlyAugust 27, 2011 at 4:16 AM

    Thanks for sharing your hard work!
    Love your poetry journal ideas!
    Kimberly
    Funky First Grade Fun

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  18. SarabethAugust 27, 2011 at 8:37 AM

    thanks for the poems...already can use the gbm. we start the year with a gbm hunt. just wanted to let you know that i pray for you and your hubby when i see a post from you on my reader. praying for a sweet baby for y'all. i haven't forgotten and God hasn't either. xo

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  19. Rachel CrockettAugust 27, 2011 at 9:54 PM

    Thank you so much for posting these! All of your hard work really shows, and it is incredibly generous of you to share. I plan on starting my first poetry journal on Monday!! Thank you so much for sharing :)

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  20. kinderdiAugust 28, 2011 at 8:54 AM

    Thanks for sharing your poems. I downloaded 2 of them. I appreciate your willingness to keep them free.

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  21. McNuttSAugust 28, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    Thank you so much for the November poems! My team is excited to try poetry journals this year. I think we will have fun with them! Thank you again!

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  22. ddeluciaSeptember 1, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    I have just found your website and am loving it! As a newer teacher it is so nice to be able to borrow ideas without paying for them (my husband and our house fund also thank you =)) I will continue to follow and wish you all the best of luck both in the classroom and with your adventure into motherhood!

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  23. JodiSeptember 5, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    Love your poems! I created poetry journals for this year and couldn't have done it with out your help!!


    www.kinderkats.blogspot.com

    Jodi

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