5-Day Lesson Plan

The first day of spring is March 20th this year, and World Poetry Day follows the very next day on March 21st. Why not celebrate both—and foster a spirit of gratitude—with this sunny poem from JillE Literacy?
Poetry is a fun and effective way to engage reluctant readers and build reading fluency through short, repeated, shared reading experiences that develop essential literacy skills in a low-stress context. Repeated reading of the poems in JillE Literacy helps all students feel successful and builds their identities as readers.
The built-in five-day lesson plan on the back of every JillE Literacy poem makes it easy to read and reread the poem over the course of a week, focusing on a different literacy opportunity each day.
“Dear Sun” is part of the Grade 1 Whole-Class Resources kit but can be enjoyed by children and teachers of all ages!
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Check back next month for a brand-new JillE Literacy poem to share with your students!
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