Celebrate Poetry All Month Long with Read, Discuss, Do

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  Happy National Poetry Month! We are celebrating National Poetry Month with a weekly poetry challenge all month long. To follow along, subscribe to our newsletter or check back here every Monday and Friday throughout the month of April for updates.  Kickoff: Books and resources for National Poetry Month   Week one: Read and write haiku  Article: A Brief History of Poetry by Marci Whitehurst Week two: Read and write odes Article: Eight Creative Ways to Explore Poetry All Year Long by Rebecca J. Gomez Week three: Read and write riddle poems   Week four: Poet's choice! If you and/or your children/students participate in any of our challenges this month, we'd love to hear from you.  You can  email  us or  tag us  on Instagram (use the hashtag #RDDPoetryChallenge or #RDDPoetryMonth). We will be sharing some readers’ poems in a round-up post at the end of the month, so if you’d like your poems to be considered, please let us know when you s...
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Story Time Idea: HELLO GOODBYE DOG

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The final week of the Read, Discuss, Do Summer Challenge is "back to school," and Hello Goodbye Dog by Maria Gianferrari, illustrated by Patrice Barton is the perfect choice for a school-themed story time! Read this charming story, talk about hellos and goodbyes, and imagine some hello-goodbye scenarios of your own. 

If you don't have this book handy or can't find it at your library, check out this publisher-approved read aloud from Reading is Fundamental. 

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