Kids' Poems - Grades 1 Author:Regie Routman Teaching First Graders to Love Writing Poetry — Just for First Grade! — Renowned teacher Regie Routman shares her poetry-teaching strategies and a delightful selection of poems written by first graders. Regie provides easy, wonderful lessons on using students' poemsand other poemsas models to invite children to write fre... more »e-verse poems about things they know and care about: skating, best friends, pet dogs, and more. She describes the way she invites children to study the model poem, beginning by asking kids, What do you notice? Includes 20 reproducible poems by first graders, show in handwritten draft and final published form to share with kids. With this approach, ever child is successful as a writer.« less