1. Poems That Rhyme By
Janice Reed

2. If we may play in the snow? , Down the hill we could go
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.

3. Bees in the Trees I wonder if the bumble bees
That buzz around our pepper trees
Ever sneeze?
Hildred Bach

4. The first 2 lines rhyme and the last 2 lines rhyme.
A Kite
I often sit and wish that I
Could be a kite up in the sky,
And ride upon the breeze and go
Whichever way I chanced to blow.
Anonymous

5. Someone in the sky last night Had an awful pillow fight,
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

6. Let’s Practice wall me I look very tall In the mirror on the ______.
The cat climbed a tree.
He sat and looked at _____.
wall me

7. 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

8. 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

9. List Rhyming Words
Snake
Cake
Rake
Make
Lake
Bake
Wake
Take

10. Topic
Snake
Rhyming Words
Lake

11. First Draft – This is my first try.
The green snake
Crawled into the lake.

12. How can I make my poem better?
Revise –
How can I make my poem better?
The green snake
Crawled into the lake.
The green, spotted snake
Crawled slowly into the lake.

13. Proofread The green, spotted snake Crawled slowly into the lake.
Begin each line with a capital letter.
Check your spelling.
Use correct end marks.
The green, spotted snake
Crawled slowly into the lake.

14. 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.

15. 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.