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[psvid] “Dark Emperor” (Joyce Sidman)

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Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party. Today’s poem comes from?Joyce Sidman‘s (click to check out her snazzy new website) amazing Newbery-Honor-winning collection, Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night?(Houghton Mifflin, 2010). Joyce is one of the most fantastic and thoughtful poets writing for kids today, and I […]

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[psvid] “Riddle” (Nikki Grimes)

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Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party. Today’s poem comes from?The Poetry Friday Anthology (Common Core K-5 edition): Poems for the School Year with Connections to the Common Core (Pomelo, 2013), edited by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong.?It’s one of my favorite?anthologies to recommend to teachers because of its […]

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[psvid] “Moonlit Raccoon” (Deborah Ruddell)

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For all you 15 Words or Less folks, you have two choices: Watch the Poem Starter Video and take on its challenge in 15 Words or Less, or write a totally different poem with the title “Moonlit Raccoon,” also in 15 Words or Less. You can do it! Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping […]

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[psvid] “Giant’s Wife Confides in Jack” (Rebecca Kai Dotlich)

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Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party. Today’s poem comes from?Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist?(WordSong, 2013), by Rebecca Kai Dotlich and Jane Yolen. I’ll tell you a secret. I have an unpublished collection of fairy tale-related poems, and they were rejected by WordSong. In fact, […]

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[psvid] “Hooray for the Sea and the ROV” (Leslie Bulion)

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Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party. Today’s poem comes from Leslie Bulion‘s clever collection, At the Sea Floor Cafe: Odd Ocean Critter Poems?(Peachtree, 2011). The humor and wordplay in the terrific little book will really draw readers in, and prose notes make it an excellent science text, as […]

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[psvid] “Invitation” (Amy Ludwig VanDerwater)

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Happy National Poetry Month! And welcome to my monthlong extravaganza of posting a Poem Starter Video every day! Here’s the scoop. I decided to start sharing Poem Starter Videos to give teachers a quick and simple poetry activity for the classroom. These are quick and casual and done for fun. I’ll also be posting the […]

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Poem-a-Day: #9 and (Gulp) a Poem Video

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Beagle’s Easter treat: forbidden Gobstoppers. Dread resurrection. –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ———————————————————— One of my goals for 2012 was to put some videos online. Videos of me reading poems.?A few clips from school visits or public events. Bits with me and Lisa Bullard answering some writers’ questions on behalf of Mentors for Rent. […]

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Poetry Friday: Sylvia Vardell’s Clips from the ALA Poetry Blast, Part 3

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  In case you, like me, missed Sylvia Vardell's fantastic series of clips from the ALA Poetry Blast (organized and hosted by Marilyn Singer and Barbara Genco), I'm posting links here. She shared the text of Marilyn's lovely introduction for each poet along with a brief video clip to give you a taste of the […]

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Poetry Friday: Sylvia Vardell’s Clips from the ALA Poetry Blast, Part 2

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  In case you, like me, missed Sylvia Vardell’s fantastic series of clips from the ALA Poetry Blast (organized and hosted by Marilyn Singer and Barbara Genco), I’m posting links here. She shared the text of Marilyn’s lovely introduction for each poet along with a brief video clip to give you a taste of the […]

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Poetry Friday: Sylvia Vardell’s Clips from the ALA Poetry Blast

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  In case you, like me, missed Sylvia Vardell’s fantastic series of clips from the ALA Poetry Blast (organized and hosted by Marilyn Singer and Barbara Genco), I’m posting links here. She shared the text of Marilyn’s lovely introduction for each poet along with a brief video clip to give you a taste of the […]

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