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Peer reviewedHolmes, Kerry – Childhood Education, 2003
This article describes how a first-grade teacher used poetry to provide students of diverse ability levels with reading and language activities that stimulated their interest and improved basic skills. Activities with poetry included reading the poems aloud individually and as a group, discussing and analyzing the poems' words and meanings, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Grade 1, Grade Repetition, Journal Writing
