Poems That Rhyme

By

Janice Reed

Snow Day

Mom, we want to know ,

If we may play in the snow?

, Down the hill we could go

And make snowballs to throw. J.Reed

The last word in each line rhymes with know.

Bees in the Trees

I wonder if the bumble beesThat buzz around our pepper treesEver sneeze?

Hildred Bach

The first 2 lines rhyme and the last 2 lines rhyme.

A KiteI often sit and wish that ICould be a kite up in the sky,And ride upon the breeze and goWhichever way I chanced to blow.

Anonymous

Snowfall

Someone in the sky last night

Had an awful pillow fight,

And when I woke today I found

All the feathers on the ground.Margaret

Hillert

Let’s Practice

I look very tall

In the mirror on the ______.

The cat climbed a tree.

He sat and looked at _____.

wall

me

Let’s Practice

We like to run and play

On a hot summer _____.

The boy was laughing at a dog

Who was playing with a green _____.

day

frog

Prewriting Brainstorm a list of words that rhyme Think of a topic for your poem Choose the rhyming words you want to use in your poem

List Rhyming Words

Snake

Cake

Rake

Make

Lake

Bake

Wake

Take

Topic

Snake

Rhyming Words

Snake

Lake

First Draft – This is my first try.

The green snake

Crawled into the lake.

Revise –

The green snake Crawled into the lake.

The green, spotted snake Crawled slowly into the lake.

How can I make my poem better?

Proofread

Begin each line with a capital letter.

Check your spelling.

Use correct end marks.

The green, spotted snake

Crawled slowly into the lake.

Publish – How can we publish our poems?

• Use a word processor and add clip art.

• Make a class book.

• Display on a bulletin board.

• Make a class PowerPoint presentation.

• Read them to the class.

• Share your poem with someone at home.

Works Cited

• English. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990.• Maxwell, M. Listening Games For Elementary Grades.

Washington, D.C.: Acropolis, 1981.• Poetry Place Anthology. New York: Scholastic, 1983.