Celebrate National Poetry Month with TeachingBooks!

Video Poetry Readings

Bring poetry to life with these video book readings—perfect for enriching classroom lessons or sharing with students to enjoy at home. For added learning opportunities, check out the Book Guides, Activities, and Lessons section on each book page.

• For Younger Readers:
  • How Elegant the Elephant: Poems about Animals and Insects
  • Mysterious, Marvelous Octopus!
  • When You Love a Book
  • Boopable!
  • Remember
  • See Us Bloom: Poems on Compassion, Acceptance, and Bravery
  • "Red Blood Cell" from Out of This World: Poems to Make You Laugh, Smile and Think

    

• For Older Readers:
  • Of the Sun: A Poem for the Land's First Peoples
  • "Snow" from Red Sky at Night, Poet's Delight
  • "The Family Business" from Cut to Bloom
  • "Later that night, when Dyl's in bed" from The First Year
  • "My Talk is Good" from Welcome to the Cypher
  • "A Song for the Paper Children" from A Song for the Paper Children

Resources & Activities

• Boost students’ listening skills and comprehension using NEW Listen & Respond graphic organizers that guide readers in identifying key concepts and connecting ideas from spoken language.

• Scaffold instruction and build connections to texts in differentiated classrooms using our customizable Poetry Multi-Leveled Lessons.

• Try our One-a-Day Poetry Reflections as a bell-ringer activity or a quick way to feature poetry in your daily classwork.

• Plan a poetry tasting using our Reading Diner activities. Readers can sample the menu, then rate and review their selections.

• Select poets from the Young People’s Poet Laureate list and have each student do an author study. Click through to explore name pronunciations, Meet-the-Author Recordings, books by that author, and more!

• Explore two different levels of teaching ideas to use in your classrooms and learning environments to celebrate and explore poetry!

  • Connections to Picture Books
  • Connections to Books for Older Readers

Curated Lists

Find inspiration and connect readers to titles and resources on these two curated lists. Easily create and distribute bookmarks so students can enjoy these readings at home with their family:

• National Poetry Month
• Global Poetry Collection - Grades 1-5
• Global Poetry Collection - Grades 6-12
• Diverse Voices: Poetry for Teens
• Popular Verse Poetry for Teens

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Browse our entire Poetry Collection and use filters to narrow down by grade level, cultural experience, and more!