Using Poetry Across the Curriculum: Learning to Love Language

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

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This comprehensive listing and discussion of poetic works supports the standards of all areas of the curriculum, helping librarians and teachers working with kindergarten through middle school students. This second edition of Using Poetry Across the Curriculum: Learning to Love Language offers a comprehensive list of poetry anthologies, poetic picture books, and poetic prose works in a wide variety of subject areas. While it maintains the original edition's focus on ideas and resource lists for integration of poetry into all areas of the curriculum, it is thoroughly revised to cover current issues in education and the wealth of new poetry books available. The book is organized by subject areas commonly taught in elementary and middle schools, and, within these, by the national standards in each area. Numerous examples of poetry and poetic prose that can be used to help students understand and appreciate aspects of the standard are listed. A sampling of units that arise from groups of works, writing and performance ideas, and links across the curriculum is also included. While many teaching ideas and topics provide references to the standards they meet, this title is unique in starting with those standards and making links across them.

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Chitton (elementary education, U. of Wyoming, Laramie) offers elementary and middle school librarians and teachers ideas for reading and sharing poetry to communicate and interrelate all areas of study. The text contains an opening chapter on the national education standards, poetry, and language. Each of the six subsequent chapters contains lists of poetry anthologies, poetic picture books, and poetic prose works for use in teaching language arts, science, mathematics, social studies, fine arts and physical education. Within each subject chapter, the materials are conveniently organized into themes and specific standards. The thoroughly revised second edition covers current issues in education and the wealth of new poetry books available. * Reference & Research Book News *
This edition retains much of the same format as the 1st edition but new poetry has been added and new activities result. This would be a great addition to the teaching collection of most school libraries. * ARBA *
With the emphasis in most schools on improving literacy, fluency, and reading and writing test scores, this book is extremely valuable. . . . Because all teachers must incorporate writing into their teaching, having relevant poetry for their curriculum and ideas on how to use it, will make this book popular. . . . Many of these books may have been missed when they were first published, and including them in one source will make filling the gaps in the library collection much easier. . . . Highly recommended. * Library Media Connection *

Author Bio

Barbara Chatton is professor of elementary education at the University of Wyoming, where she teaches courses in children's and young adult literature.