Artist Spotlight

One of my co-workers had a fabulous idea to incorporate poetry into the classroom each week - a poetry journal! Each Friday, students are given a poem that we read together and then discuss its meaning. Students are then set loose and given the chance to visualize their idea of the poem in the form of a picture. They spend time drawing the pictures that they see when reading the poem and the results are always fabulous! I have an outsider come into the classroom each Friday to judge the "Artist of the Week" and the journal that is chosen is on display the entire next week. The kids love it, and it's a great way to study poetry and visualization. Here are some of my "Artist of the Week" winners that we've had this year!

I can't wait to see what other great poetry art work is created this year!