Poetry Friday: birdsongs

Birdsongs by Betsy Franco (Author) and Steve Jenkins (Illustrator) tells the story of the birds who visit…

In the front yard, a red-capped woodpecker
is working on a hole-pocked pine tree.
He raps a tap dance with his beak, pecking 10 times as
he looks for breakfast bugs. tat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat

Teach the traits of ideas and word choice as student write about sounds they hear in the neighborhood. 

This week’s Poetry Friday is hosted by Big A little a.

Six Trait Author Programs and Classroom Writing Workshops