Publication Date
4-1-2008
Abstract
Learning to read and write and achieve good conduct are crucial in the primary grades. One teacher from a state in the Midwest implemented poetry with her second grade students to guide classroom conduct and improve literacy. This article discusses poetry as a literature genre, the benefits of poetry, and poetry curriculum where children read and write poems, enhancing critical thinking skills. In addition, student feedback, classroom orientation, classroom management, poetry as bibliotherapy, and the teacher’s evaluation of poetry and student progress are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Stange, T. V., & Wyant, S. L. (2008). Poetry Proves to be Positive in the Primary Grades. Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts, 48 (3). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/reading_horizons/vol48/iss3/5
