Author Betsy Franco suggests ways to use Messing Around on the Monkey Bars and Other School Poems for Two Voices in your classroom. This teacher's guide includes tips about poetry writing, teaching children about personification, sound words, making lists, rhyming words, and acrostic poems. This is a great teaching resource for Poetry Month or anytime of year.
Messing Around on the Monkey Bars Teacher's Guide
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Messing Around on the Monkey Bars
Grab a partner (or many more) and read these playful poems for multiple voices aloud – evoking all the high spirits and hijinks of a day at school.
