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Poetry Resources: National Poetry Month media type="custom" key="12729350"

General Poetry Resources
[|Poets.org] great collection and search function (by line, theme, poem, poet); also great for a poem a day;[| suggestions for ways to use poetry] in the classroom [|Poetry 180:] Former poet laureate Billy Collins created this site just for high school students. Some schools read one a day for the school year (180!). [|April is National Poetry Month/Scholastic]: ideas for using poetry in the classroom during April;classroom suggestions divided by level [|Library of Congress Audio recordings] Hear poets read their own poetry! [|Laurable's Audio links:] More poetry audio links [|Favorite Poem Project]: videos of Americans reading their favorite poems; fantastic teaching ideas on the education link [|Video Links:] from the PBS page of contemporary poets reading their work [|100 ways to celebrate National Poetry Month] [|UCBerkley links] mostly audio links; great resource [|PBS Poetry Everywhere] great series of video of contemporary poets [|Poetry Outloud] in addition to a great searchable collection, watch these amazing teens perform poetry; great collection of lesson plans
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[|Erasures] create poems by erasing text [|Refrigerator Poetry]
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Poetry for Science Classrooms:
[|10 Poems To Get You Through Science Class This Year] From the National Poetry Foundation. Great class starters. Mostly for Upper School. [|Robert Frost in a Petri Dish] Again, from the national Poetry Foundation. Middle school teacher article about using Frost to teach science concepts.

Poetry for Math Classrooms:
[|Poetry inspired by math]: scroll down; these are great; love Coleridge's geometry poems (his goal was reproduce all of Euclid's Elements in a series of Pindaric odes); I didn't really understand the calculus poetry, but I bet our girls will!

[|Poetry/Math Blog]

[|Math Poems and Songs]: resources here mainly for middle and elementary school. I do like the poem about Pi.