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Springtime means reading poetry in my classroom. I put out all of my poetry books. I haven’t counted, but they fill an 8 foot table quite nicely. For today’s It’s Monday: What are you Reading roundup, I wanted to share a new favorite poetry book.
My students, especially the younger ones in grades 2-4, enjoy poetry for two voices. Seeds, Bees, Butterflies, and More! includes poems to be read by two people. I love cuddling up with a student and reading poetry together. Each poem is illustrated beautifully and the text is written in two colors for the two readers. Erin and I read “New Shoot” together and were surprised by the ending when the bunny will eat the new leaf. Matthew and Vannisa loved “Helianthus” and wrote their own poems featured on my blog yesterday.
I love when poetry comes together with reading aloud and learning science. This book combines the joy of choral reading with the learning of new facts about seeds, bees, butterflies, and more! We even learn that seeds are dropped in bird “doo.”
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I have built up a large and varied collection of poetry resources for my school but now I know it is lacking an important title. I would snatch Seeds, Bess, Butterflies, and More up in a heartbeat and hope to soon have a copy. Thanks for sharing it.
This book looks beautiful. Thanks for sharing the video. I love poems for two voices. Thanks Margaret!
Thanks for sharing this, Margaret – I’ll have to add it to Joyful Noise when it’s time to create poems in two voices in our classroom.
That book looks so bright and cheerful! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
The poems for two voices are always popular, aren’t they? Maybe safety in numbers? Thanks for this one, Margaret, I don’t know it-will look for it! Thanks!
I always put the books I’m interested in on an Amazon wish list, then use it to order from the library or from my local indie-helps a lot! So, when I found “your” book, FYI, I discovered another by Fleischman called Big Talk: poems for four voices-might be good!
This sounds like a safe way not to spend too much money, like me, on books. I love Fleischman, 4 voices? cool!
This book sounds like a wonderful addition for a classroom. I always used poetry for shared reading.
I agree that the combination of science and verse is nothing short of spectacular. Will be on the lookout for this one, thanks for sharing.
I found your blog online and want to thank everyone for your kind words about my book. It’s one of my favorites, too! I do school author visits and it’s a joy to see children enjoying poetry and learning something! ~ Carole Gerber