Poetry Lessons & Worksheets: Gallery of Activities (Grades 3-5)

Poetry is an ideal way to help students with fluency and to appreciate the beauty of words. Use these activities to help your poets create and flourish.
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Students will immerse themselves in the poems of Emily Dickinson by writing, researching, drawing, and more.
Students write a Fall poem and explore rhyming patterns.
Find suggestions for creating dinosaur-related poetry.
In this printable computer activity, students learn about different types of poetry. They practice their word processing skills as they type and illustrate their own poems.

More lessons and activities for all grades.

Students write a poem about eating, using the words provided.
Use this poem to teach your students about the Statue of Liberty and what it stands for.
Students write a poem about the invention of the wheel and then copy it onto a spinning wheel.
Students will construct a drawing demonstrating understanding of descriptive details from the poem and other texts.
Create your own chants and poetry about ecology, and make posters of them.
Use this poem to teach students about caring.
Students illustrate a poem wile predicting what will happen in each stanza.
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