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Tired of searching for literacy activities that hold the attention of your busy kinders, are skill-based to address their needs, and easy to prep?

I hear you. I see you. Teaching early readers is incredibly rewarding, but it’s exhausting. You’re juggling the demands to build foundational skills fast, the range of reading levels, students’ readiness for school, and the lack of planning time. Emergent readers need repetition without boredom, and I think my Poem of the Week bundle offers just what you need.

How Poem of the Week Bundle Solves Everyday Challenges

Helps Keep Focus

With the poems projected, you can involve students in pointing, marking, and choral reading.

Provides a routine

With the Poem of the Week routine, students know what to expect and are ready to participate.

Low to No Prep

For the teacher, it's easy to use the poems electronically on the smartboard or the hard copy in small group.

The most important point with teaching K/1 students to read is consistency and repetition.

Whether you’re introducing a new skill or reinforcing a familiar one, these poems are the perfect way to model and practice in a way that sticks. Consistency with a routine that students expect helps build and reinforce what you’ve taught. Plus, your kids can have an awesome keepsake to read all summer long at the end of the year.

You have some who are reading, and some who are not

Too many levels in one room?

You can use the poems in small groups, whole group, or independently with built-in scaffolds to meet every learner where they are.

Poem of the Week for Emergent Readers

No time to prep?

This bundle is a print or project resource. Each set is ready to use with clear, consistent formatting and differentiated options.

You have Students who struggle to blend and decode

Students struggling to blend and decode?

The poems are designed to reinforce CVC words, rhyme, and beginning sounds through repetition and visual supports.

Poem of the Week for Emergent Readers

Engagement dipping mid-year?

With seasonal themes, 26 animal themed poems, and classic nursery rhymes, you'll keep kids curious and connected all year long.

What skills can I teach with each poem

What Literacy Skills Will Your K/1 Students Practice?

Each four-line poem is intentionally crafted to support the most essential skills for emergent readers:

Here's how this resource works...

Step 01

Teacher Prep

You can project your poem and give students a hard copy. As you model, students can imitate you. I keep hard copies in folders for use in small groups. Just print and go!

Poem of the Week for Emergent Readers

Step 02

Lesson Details

All of the poetry set components are included, so writing up your plans should be a breeze. With 78 poetry sets, you can use a poem for the week or use two poems. 

Poem of the Week for Emergent Readers

Step 03

Activities

As you work with the poem, you can address many skills including concept of print, rhyme, word families, heart words, beginning sounds, decoding, and more.

Activities

Step 04

Assessment

As your students work within the Poem of the Week routine, you will see them transition from emergent to beginning readers in no time. Assessment is in observation.

Assessment

what teachers have to say...

Academic Services

Super wonderful resource! I utilize this with students who are identified as in need of remediation in my AIS (Academic Intervention Service). Thanks for all of your hard work and dedication.

Play Based K-Mrs J

My students love these and are always engaged. I put the poem on the board and they love to come add a dot sticker under each word. Another day we highlight the high frequency words. Even if they can’t read all the words yet, they can easily follow along and are so proud to be reading.

Deborah S.

This resource has been a great addition to my kindergarten centers. I’m teaching the nursery rhyme in large group and using the remaining materials in my nursery rhyme center. During center time, the students enjoy retelling the rhyme. I am able to use the materials to differentiate for a variety of levels.

Here's What You Get...

One line per slide to model

Teaching posters

The poem on sentence strips

Sentence Strips

The poem with touchpoints

Poem of the Week for Emergent Readers

The poem in book form

Book Form

The poem in color/bw

Printable

high frequency word cards

Poem of the Week for Emergent Readers

Save Time. Build Skills. Engage Students.

With 78 no-prep poetry sets, this bundle gives you a full year of meaningful, skill-rich reading instruction without the overwhelm.
All for just $40!
Poem of the Week for Kindergarten and 1st Grade Mega Bundle 78 Poetry Sets