Friday Forum: April is Poetry Month

Did you know April is Poetry Month? I didn’t. If you are looking for ways to incorporate poetry into your class, check out these sites:

http://www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/poster-gallery – free poster promoting poetry month 2015, limited posters from previous years for $5.http://www.edutopia.org/blog/9-mobile-apps-for-poetry-monica-burns– apps for your iPad or Android, some free, some with a small fee

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactiv es/word-mover-b-30964.html – web-based “magnetic poetry” app with options for different word banks, backgrounds, and colors. (Hint: this is only one of the many educational tools available from “readwritethink”.