It's Time For Our April Choice Boards, Friends!

Friends, it's April this week and time for Our April Choice Board!  In April, we have so many special things to celebrate including Poetry Month, Earth Day, and more.

You will find Our April Choice Board here to share with students.  

If you would like to make changes, you can make a copy of it here. And remember, to share a copy with students, you must go to File and Publish to the Web. 

You will grab that link you create to share with students. 

You will find the Poetry Month Choice Board here in this post. 

For Earth Day, I made two versions of the choice board.  One with PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next, 

and one with National Geographic Kids.  

You will find the Let's Celebrate Earth Day (with PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next) Choice Board here.  If you want to make a copy, you will find the link here. 

You will find the second Let's Celebrate Earth Day (with National Geographic Kids) Choice Board here. If you want to make a copy, you will find the link here. 

You will find the April Choice Board with PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next, linked above.  And the second version with National Geographic Kids can be found here to share with students and here is the link to make a copy and edit. 

Please let me know if you have any questions and have a wonderful time planning for April with your students, teachers and school community too. 

The 2025 National Poetry Month Poster By Naomi Shihab Nye Is Available Now...“This is the world I want to live in. The shared world.”

I love the posters the Academy of American Poets create and share every year for Poetry Month.  I was so excited to find this years poster on the poets.org site today. 

As shared on the site, 

The 2025 poster features an excerpt from “Gate A-4”, a poem by former Young People’s Poet Laureate and Academy Chancellor Naomi Shihab Nye, as well as artwork by New York Times-bestselling author and illustrator Christy Mandin. 
 
Mandin was selected by Scholastic—the global children’s publishing, education, and media company—to create the artwork for this year’s poster as part of a National Poetry Month collaboration with the Academy of American Poets.

You will find the poster to download here on the site.  You can also request a copy. 

Here is lesson that is also available through the Academy’s Teach This Poem series to bring the poster to life for National Poetry Month. 

It's Time For Our April Choice Boards, Friends!

                   

Friends, it's April this week and time for Our April Choice Board!  In April, we have so many special things to celebrate including Poetry Month, Earth Day, and the Total Lunar Eclipse on April 8th. 

You will find Our April Choice Board here to share with students.  

If you would like to make changes, you can make a copy of it here. And remember, to share a copy with students, you must go to File and Publish to the Web. 

You will grab that link you create to share with students. 

You will find the Total Lunar Eclipse Choice Board in this post.  I used the new PebbleGo article and two Capstone Interactive eBooks to create this choice board. 

You will find the Poetry Month Choice Board here in this post. 

For Earth Day, I made two versions of the choice board.  One with PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next, 

and one with National Geographic Kids.  

You will find the Let's Celebrate Earth Day (with PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next) Choice Board here.  If you want to make a copy, you will find the link here. 

You will find the second Let's Celebrate Earth Day (with National Geographic Kids) Choice Board here. If you want to make a copy, you will find the link here. 

You will find the April Choice Board with PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next, linked above.  And the second version with National Geographic Kids can be found here to share with students and here is the link to make a copy and edit. 

Please let me know if you have any questions and have a wonderful time planning for April with your students, teachers and school community too. 

It's Time For Our April Choice Boards, Friends!

Friends, it's April this week and time for Our April Choice Board!  In April, we have so many special things to celebrate including Poetry Month, Earth Day, and the Total Lunar Eclipse on April 8th. 

You will find Our April Choice Board here to share with students.  

If you would like to make changes, you can make a copy of it here. And remember, to share a copy with students, you must go to File and Publish to the Web. 

You will grab that link you create to share with students. 

You will find the Total Lunar Eclipse Choice Board in this post.  I used the new PebbleGo article and two Capstone Interactive eBooks to create this choice board. 

You will find the Poetry Month Choice Board here in this post. 

For Earth Day, I made two versions of the choice board.  One with PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next, 

and one with National Geographic Kids.  

You will find the Let's Celebrate Earth Day (with PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next) Choice Board here.  If you want to make a copy, you will find the link here. 

You will find the second Let's Celebrate Earth Day (with National Geographic Kids) Choice Board here. If you want to make a copy, you will find the link here. 

You will find the April Choice Board with PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next, linked above.  And the second version with National Geographic Kids can be found here to share with students and here is the link to make a copy and edit. 

Please let me know if you have any questions and have a wonderful time planning for April with your students, teachers and school community too. 

The 2024 National Poetry Month Poster By Jack Wong Is Available Now...It's Beautiful!

 

I love the posters the Academy of American Poets create and share every year for Poetry Month.  I was so excited to find this years poster on the poets.org site today. 

As shared on the site, 

The 2024 poster features artwork by award-winning children’s author and illustrator Jack Wong, and lines from “blessing the boats” by beloved poet Lucille Clifton. Wong was selected by Scholastic—the global children’s publishing, education, and media company—to create the artwork for this year’s poster as part of a new National Poetry Month initiative between the publisher and the Academy of American Poets.

You will find the poster to download here on the site.  You can also request a copy. 

Here is a lesson for teaching the poem blessing the boats by Lucille Clifton too. 

It's Time For Our April Choice Boards, Friends!

                                   

Friends, it's April this week and time for Our April Choice Board!  In April, we have so many special things to celebrate including Poetry Month, Ramadan, Passover, Easter and Earth Day.  

You will find Our April Choice Board here to share with students.  

If you would like to make changes, you can make a copy of it here. And remember, to share a copy with students, you must go to File and Publish to the Web. 

You will grab that link you create to share with students. 

Also, you will find the Poetry Month Choice Board here in this post, 

the Ramadan Choice Board can be found here to share with students and you can make a copy here and...

the Passover and Easter Choice Board can be found here to share with students and you can make a copy here. 

This year, I also created this Ramadan Choice Board for our students.  You can find the information and template here in this post if you'd like to use that in your April Choice Board. 

For Earth Day, I made two versions of the choice board.  One with PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next, 

and one with National Geographic Kids.  

You will find the Let's Celebrate Earth Day (with PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next) Choice Board here.  If you want to make a copy, you will find the link here. 

You will find the second Let's Celebrate Earth Day (with National Geographic Kids) Choice Board here. If you want to make a copy, you will find the link here. 

You will find the April Choice Board with PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next, linked above.  And the second version with National Geographic Kids can be found here to share with students and here is the link to make a copy and edit. 

Please let me know if you have any questions and have a wonderful time planning for April with your students, teachers and school community too. 

You've Been Virtually Book'd For Poetry Month"...A Special Program and List I Use Within Our Destiny Discover & Library!

Our students love reading and celebrating poetry throughout the year. 

And in April, poetry is celebrated and sought out even more as we celebrate National Poetry Month. You can find out more about this special event here. 

This month, I brought together 15 poetry themed eBooks and print books from our Destiny Discover in a choice board to share with everyone. This makes it very easy for my readers to find and read these eBooks and print books easily anywhere they are reading and sharing. 

Let me show you how I set up this choice board for my school community. 

First, I created the choice board in a Google Slide.  I added the covers of the 15 poetry eBooks I included in this choice board. 

Second, I went to our Destiny Discover and...

...grabbed the links to each eBook.  

This is easy to do.  You just search for the eBook, click on the three little dots next to Open, and this drop down menu will appear. 

Click on Share and the link to the book will pop up. That is the url to share in the choice boards. 

Take the copied link and add it to the book cover.  

When every book cover is linked, you are ready to share the choice board. 

Go to File and down to Publish to the web.  

This will give you a link to share with the students and teachers.  

When they click on that published link, the You've Been Virtually Book'd With Books For Poetry Month choice board will pop up and all of the eBooks can be read from there. 

I am excited about this list of 15 special new eBooks I put together in Titlewave.  In this choice board, you can click on any book cover to view and find the full book list from Titlewave there too. 

If you would like to edit this and use for your own library, you can make a copy here. 

Our students will love these poetry books that are part of our You've Been Virtually Book'd program. And I love how we can keep this program going all year long!  It brings so much joy to our readers each and every month.

Tomorrow, April 15, Is The Last Day To Request Your Poetry Month Official Poster From Poets.org....You Can Find The Link Here, Friends

As we celebrate Poetry Month every April, I always love receiving the...

...National Poetry Month official poster from Poets.org. 

As shared on the site, 

The 2022 poster was designed by eleventh grader Lara L. from Saunders Trades and Technical High School in Yonkers, New York, who was the winner of the 2022 National Poetry Month Poster Contest, and features a line by 2021 Presidential Inaugural Poet and 2017 National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman.

Tomorrow, on Friday, April 15, 2022, is the last day to request your free copy of the official poster. You will find the link here. 

I hope you are having a great time celebrating National Poetry Month with your students, teachers and community too, friends. 

It's Time For Our April Choice Boards, Friends!

                                   

Friends, it's April this week and time for Our April Choice Board!  In April, we have so many special things to celebrate including Poetry Month, Ramadan, Passover, Easter and Earth Day.  

You will find Our April Choice Board here to share with students.  

If you would like to make changes, you can make a copy of it here. And remember, to share a copy with students, you must go to File and Publish to the Web. 

You will grab that link you create to share with students. 

Also, you will find the Poetry Month Choice Board here in this post, 

the Ramadan Choice Board can be found here to share with students and you can make a copy here and...

the Passover and Easter Choice Board can be found here to share with students and you can make a copy here. 

For Earth Day, I made two versions of the choice board.  One with PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next, 

and one with National Geographic Kids.  

You will find the Let's Celebrate Earth Day (with PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next) Choice Board here.  If you want to make a copy, you will find the link here. 

You will find the second Let's Celebrate Earth Day (with National Geographic Kids) Choice Board here. If you want to make a copy, you will find the link here. 

You will find the April Choice Board with PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next, linked above.  And the second version with National Geographic Kids can be found here to share with students and here is the link to make a copy and edit. 

Please let me know if you have any questions and have a wonderful time planning for April with your students, teachers and school community too.