Students read and respond to Billy Collins' poem "Introduction to Poetry." Students then write about a favorite poem and imagine the perfect way to read it.

Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week.

As a class, students work in small groups to create a "100th Day" book.

Students research different awards given by the ALA and do an activity based on one of the awards.

In this activity, children look closely at living things in their natural environments and then make books about what they see.

Use shape and theme poems, or poems that look like the things they describe, as a fun way to introduce children to poetry.

Choose favorite rhyming songs or nursery rhymes then replace the rhyming words with seasonal themes.

Let children practice using different types of words in a fill-in-the-blank-story game before making their own word list for a magnetic poetry set.

Create a treasure hunt out of word-puzzle clues hidden around the home or yard.

Everyone loves getting a greeting card, especially if it's homemade. Make a funny or thoughtful greeting card or invitation with pictures and a poem, joke, or riddle.

Children incorporate materials from outdoors with paints or crayons to create pieces of art to display on their clotheslines, fences, or porches for a neighborhood art show.

After reading a book or magazine, children and teens can choose a section and transform it into what's known as a "found poem."

Students brainstorm all the various aspects of Latinx culture and compile topics to research. Groups then research topics and present their information to the class.