Social Study For Elementary Student

Admin | February 21, 2012 | Comments Off

Poetry is one of the most useful tools of expression for elementary school students. Poems can be taught as component of language arts instruction or as a way to demonstrate science, social studies and math concepts. Use the explanations below to plan creative and effective lessons for your students.

Acrostic Poems

Acrostics are easy, fun poems for children to write. First, the writer chooses a topic for the poem which then becomes the title. Each letter of the title is written vertically and a word describing the title is chosen for each letter of the title. Acrostics can be used at the beginning of a school year as a way for students to introduce themselves to each other or as a prewriting activity for descriptive paragraphs.

A sample acrostic poem:

Delicious

Enticing

Superb