I loved teaching poetry, and for the most part, my students always loved our poetry unit.  And -although I'm sharing this post with you in April (National Poetry Month), I want to encourage you to teach poetry all year long.  You don't have to wait until Spring each year to bust out your poetry books - in fact - you shouldn't! 

Poetry is the perfect genre for teaching reading, writing, and speaking skills and strategies in a short period of time. Since poems are short, incorporating them into your lessons lends itself to a quick bite-sized lesson on skills like fluency, literature analysis, reading comprehension strategies, and more.

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