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Poetry, Skpye and Reading at Home~

4/11/2015

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Mrs. VanDerwater  and Poem Farm
Tuesday we had the opportunity to Skype with poet Amy Ludwig VanDerwater (Amy LV).  Amy LV is a wonderful resource to students and teachers who enjoy learning, reading and writing poetry. Hopefully your young poet has already shared the Poem Farm with you and you have seen for yourself her A-Maz-ing work! Maybe your poet has already shared with you, WE were FEATURED on Poem Farm on Day 8! 


Students wrote questions for Amy about writing poetry.  Amy asked students read their questions and she talked about her thinking as a writer.  
Here's what we learned:
  • Poets get ideas by paying attention to the world, memories and in books. 
  • Poets write ideas down so they can remember them and make them bigger.
  • Have someone read your poem to you to see if sounds the way you want it to sound.
  • Poems are packed with feelings and you should write what you feel. 
  • Talking with other writers can help you think about your ideas.  
  • Some poetry can rhyme, but it doesn't have to rhyme.  This is the poets choice.

Since our Skype visit we have shared several Tweets with Mrs VanDerwater browse the feed on the right hand side of the page for full details. 
We will Skpe with Mrs. VanDerwater 2 more times!

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