Positive Poetry Goes Around the World
March Manners
Where did our manners go?
Does anyone really know?
March manners is the time to see,
Are you the best person you can be?
There are many actions, which show a kind deed,
Especially helping someone when they’re in need.
Hold the door, wait your turn, push in your chair,
Your words and actions should show you care.
Say sorry, please and thank you,
And excuse me when you want to get through.
The world would be a much better place,
If everyone respected others’ time and space.
How to Take a Test
Do you know how to take a test?
Do you know how to do your best?
Tests can be frustrating and scary
If you’re not prepared for what you see.
Hopefully, you have learned a lot;
Hopefully, you are comfortable with your testing spot.
Staying calm and showing a lot of zest
Will help you to achieve your very best.
Remember to eat well and get lots of rest,
And good luck taking your test!
Enrichment Activities:
- Build fluency skills by choral reading poems.
- Create a poem about manners.
- Draw and write about an academic accomplishment.
- Share poems with the class.
- Identify rhyming words in the poems.
- Locate and expand word families.
- Practice penmanship by copying the poems in cursive.
- Read different types of poetry.
- Recite a poem to the class.
- Write a response making a personal connection to the poems. By: Marla Ann Weinstein.
