Create a beautiful classroom Garden of Poetry with this garden-themed poetry writing and display pack! Students plan their ideas, explore descriptive and sound words, write and publish their own poems, then create a colourful garden craft to display their work.
Designed for K-2 students with options for differentiation
What’s included:
2 garden poetry display signs – colour and black-and-white options
2 garden craft templates with a central “My Poem” sign and garden decorations
2 poetry planning pages
2 garden poetry word lists with picture support
2 poetry publishing pages
How to use:
Explore poetry: Read a poem or picture book and discuss the ideas, language and sounds.
Plan: Use the planning page and picture-supported word list to collect ideas.
Write and publish: Students create their own poems and publish their work.
Create: Colour, cut and assemble the garden craft pieces.
Display: Combine the finished craft and published poem to create a class Garden of Poetry!
Skills supported
Generating and organising ideas for writing
Using nouns, verbs and describing words
Experimenting with sound words and imaginative language
Writing and publishing original poems
Developing fine-motor skills through colouring, cutting and gluing
Sharing writing with an audience
Perfect for
Kindergarten / Early Stage 1 literacy
Year 1 and Year 2 writing centres
Poetry and creative writing lessons
Spring and garden themes
Classroom displays and student publishing
Differentiated writing support
