Language Arts Grant Recipient

Grant money at Underwood Elementary School funds poetry corner


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I would like to thank Creative Communication for the language arts grant we received.  We have used it to organize a poetry corner in our elementary library, which will benefit preschool through fifth grade students.  We purchased a variety of books to make poetry more accessible to students and created a corner with beanbags for students to use while enjoying poetry reading.  We also acquired instructional materials for teachers to check out and use when teaching poetry units in their classrooms.
Next school year, each month we will highlight a “Poet of the Month”.  We’re working on developing decorations to help draw students’ attention to the corner as well.  This will be an ongoing project that we hope to improve from year to year.  We are truly appreciative of the opportunity this grant gave us to expand our poetry curriculum and to peak student interest in reading and writing poetry.

Kathy Schmidt
Underwood Elementary School
Underwood, Iowa


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