Thesaurus and Poetry Writing Robert Frost's Dust of Snow Early & Middle Grades
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Your Second Grade and Third Grade students will blow your minds with the high-level thinking they'll do with the poetry lessons in this poetry bundle. You'll be so amazed at their critical and creative thinking that you'll be bragging about them in the teacher workroom.The lessons are geared to SecoPrice $9.00Original Price $11.25Save $2.25
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Raise students' thesaurus skills to incredible heights using Robert Frost's poem "Dust of Snow." Your students will love the gorgeous visuals included to awaken all of their senses. This lesson is perfect for early elementary and middle elementary students who need to develop their thesaurus skills and address poetry standards. They'll rewrite Frost's poem using what they gained from the thesaurus work they've done, creating fabulous poems based on the mentor text.
Using the provided discussion guide, you will lead students through the poem, "Dust of Snow." As you do, you will point out unfamiliar words. They will use a thesaurus to look up alternate words and then rewrite Frost's poem, using what they learned from the thesaurus. The gorgeous visuals will also inspire them!
You'll get excellent teacher instructions, step-by-step, word-for-word classroom procedures, and a checklist for any prep needed.
Included in this Thesaurus and Poetry Writing Resource:
✅ Teacher instructions and ideas
✅ Word-for-word Teacher Direct Instruction Guide
✅ Gorgeous visuals
✅ Rubric
Your second grade, third grade, and fourth grade students will love this thesaurus activity! Did you ever think you'd read that sentence?
You'll love addressing multiple ELAR standards in such an easy-to-use way that leads to awesome levels of creativity.
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⭐⭐WILLIAMS' MODEL OF CREATIVITY ⭐⭐
This lesson is based on Williams' Model of Creativity, a model designed to develop the traits of creativity in students. This particular resource focuses on these traits:
☀️ Fluency - the ability to generate a lot of ideas
☀️ Imagination - the ability to build mental pictures and visualize possibilities
In addition to addressing standards and providing an engaging and effective classroom experience, these activities will also build students' creativity skills.
Frequently Asked Questions:
1. Does it really work to combine the thesaurus with writing a poem? Absolutely! In fact, students will be more motivated to use the thesaurus when they're applying what they learned right away and in such a cool form.
2. Is "Dust of Snow" too advanced for my younger students? The beauty of Robert Frost is that his poetry is approachable for younger students. If you have older students, they'll get even deeper into it, and their own poems they write will be more advanced, but this is a CCSS text for second grade!
3. What's the point of the visuals? By providing quality visuals, you allow students to see things in their mind's eye without pressure. The can bring their ideas more fully to life when they're inspired by the beauty of the images.
4. I've never heard of the Williams' Model before. Is that a problem? Nope! These lessons are designed to be plug-and-play. I've done all the Williams' work for you (choosing traits to develop and strategies to use). All you need to do is use the activities. The activities will do the rest!
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