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Purposeful Poetry

Creative ideas to develop a love of language

Purposeful Poetry was developed through a desire to foster a love of language in a creative and interesting way in the classroom. The use and creation of poetry can spark engagement, pride and anticipation to start on the next poem.

This is the first book in the series and:

  • Employs a whole language approach and helps to enrich vocabulary.
  • Incorporates aspects of visual art.
  • Encourages a love of language and poetry.
  • Provides opportunities to develop fine motor skills through art and handwork activities.
  • Develops a sense of pride in presentation.
  • Offers an alternative to traditional oral language activities.
  • Contains fully planned weekly programmes.

Ages: 6-8 | Pages: 52 | Code: 0161 | ISBN: 9781877300530

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Suzi de Gouveia

Suzi is an enthusiastic principal of a Catholic school in Christchurch, New Zealand. She has international teaching experience and has had the pleasure of teaching in a multi-cultural environment. With over 20 years of teaching, Suzi has developed a wealth of ideas and resources to best help children with their learning.

Contents

Introduction4
Unit plans5
Grasshopper Green7
Mr. Nobody10
The Dog and the Bee13
Open Sesame16
The Smile19
The Parrot22
Five Little Mice25
Peep in the Basket28
The Elephant31
The Handsome Hippo34
The Owl37
Pirate40
Sounds of the Sea Shore43
Rainbow46
The Spider48
Kite Season51