Hallowe'en Poetry

I've put together a collection of Hallowe'en poetry that can get you started on your thematic planning for the first term. Hallowe'en is one of my favourite themes and there is an abundance of material available. My 6th class Hallowe'en thematic plan is starting to take shape and this is how it looks:

• Science - The Skeleton
• English Poetry - The Listeners by Walter de la Mare / Advice on how to sleep well on Hallowe'en Night 
• English Reading - The Ghost of Grania O'Malley by Michael Morpurgo / The Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively
• Music - A Night on Bare Mountain Mussorgsky / The Monster Mash
• Art - Spooky Trees (charcoal & paint Pinterest) Picasso Witch Portrait (Pinterest)

You can download the free collection of Hallowe'en poetry in my TPT store, click the image below

Dánta Gaeilge

Seo daoibh acmhainn saor in aisce eile uaim, bailiúchán filíochta eile ach i nGaeilge an uair seo. Bheadh na dánta seo oiriúnach do na hardranganna sa bhunscoil. Tá an-chuid acu úsáidte agam féin le Rang 6 le roinnt blianta anuas. Bainigí taitneamh astu!
Gliogáil ar an íomhá thíos chun iad a íoslódáil ó mo shiopa TPT.
Another free resource, this time a collection of Irish poems most suited for the senior classes. I've used lots of these with my 6th class over the last number of years.
Click on the image below to download them from my TPT shop.

Poetry Anthology

I've put together a selection of poems that I have used over the past few years with 6th class. I love teaching poetry and am a great advocate of learning poems by heart even though I know that rote learning may not be very fashionable these days. Children can memorise the lyrics of the latest pop song with ease so why not the odd poem or two! It's amazing what stays with you and I'm sure if we all dig deep enough into the recesses of our minds we will be able to quote a verse or two of a poem we learned in school. The poems that I've chosen include some classics by Wordsworth and Robert Frost and some modern poems that can help with linkage and integration, for example there are two poems dealing with the theme of Bullying.
This is a free resource and is available from my TPT store, just click on the image!