Poetry for the Classroom

Recommended reading from Classroom Connections: Teaching Word Choice with Poetry—a Six Traits Mini-Lesson.
Suen, Anastasia (author).FEATURE. First published April 2010 (Book Links).

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Bibliography

*Younger Readers*

Almost Late to School: And More School Poems. By Carol Diggory Shields. Illus. by Paul Meisel. 2003. 48p. Gr. 1–3.

The Bug in Teacher’s Coffee and Other School Poems. By Kalli Dakos. Illus. by Mike Reed. 1999. 48p. K–Gr. 2.

Come and Play: Children of Our World Having Fun. Edited by Ayana Lowe. 2008. 64p. illus. K–Gr. 3.

Hamsters, Shells, and Spelling Bees: School Poems. Edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins. Illus. by Sachiko Yoshikawa. 2008. 48p. Preschool–Gr. 3.

Mrs. Brown on Exhibit: And Other Museum Poems. By Susan Katz. Illus. by R. W. Alley. 2002. 40p. Gr. 2–4.

*Older Readers*

Behind the Wheel: Poems about Driving. By Janet S. Wong. 1999. 48p. Gr. 7–up.

Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems. By John Grandits. 2007. 48p. Gr. 6–up.

Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems. By Kristine O’Connell George. Illus. by Debbie Tilley. 2002. 80p. Gr. 5–8.

Tough Boy Sonatas. By Curtis L. Crisler. Illus. by Floyd Cooper. 2007. 88p. Gr. 7–up.

The Way a Door Closes. By Hope Anita Smith. Illus. by Shane W. Evans. 2003. 64p. Gr. 5–8.

Anastasia Suen is a former K–1 teacher who has written dozens of children’s books and is the author of the Picture Book of the Day blog, devoted to the Six Traits of Writing.