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Poetry Cafe: Performing for Literacy
- School:
- Coleman Middle School
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Teacher:
- Lesley Kahle
- 137800
- Students Impacted:
- 161
- Grade:
- 6-8
- Date:
- August 18, 2021
0% Funded
Only $500.00 Needed
Goal
Students will be able to:
Fluently read a poem orally while the students follow along with their printed copy. Discuss the content of the poem and encourage students to share their reactions.
Identify unfamiliar words by highlighting them with a pen or tape on the large copy of the poem. Discuss the meaning of these words.
Discuss the content of the poem, especially to teach specific information in literacy (e.g., phonograms, word families) or in another content area (e.g., math, social studies, science).
If students are reading their own creations, have them repeat read their poems with a partner or small group.
On performance day, the students will read all or part of the poem either individually or in a group
What will be done with my students
Students greatly need to capacity to express themselves through the written word. Fluency is something over 80% of my students struggle with when reading.Through repeated readings of the text, my students will increase sight word vocabulary and the ability to decode words quickly and accurately. In addition, the repeated readings allow students to use appropriate sentence phrasing, read punctuation markers, and read with greater ease. Our students need a Poetry Café Day to perform their poetry to become more fluent and literate readers.
Benefits to my students
Students will write and create a selection of original poems through a writing workshop. Students will then be paired with a peer for fluency purposes to read aloud. As students create a gained sense of fluency, students will perform for a larger student audience during the school day at our poetry café.
Budget Narrative
Food for Cafe includes snack items totaling $200
Drinks for Cafe include beverages totaling $150
Ppaer porducts like plates and cups totaling $50
Paper for project $100
Items
| # | Item | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drinks for Cafe Day | $150.00 |
| 2 | Food for Cafe Day | $200.00 |
| 3 | Paper | $100.00 |
| 4 | Paper goods | $50.00 |
| Total: | $500.00 |
0% Funded
Only $500.00 Needed
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