Poems can be integrated with the math curriculum by inviting students to write about shapes and numbers. In language arts, students pattern their poems on poems in their books, try poems in different forms and voices, create their own books, illustrate their work or present it as a choral reading or in dramatic form. Students set poems to music and dance their poems. A Tribute to Mothers . Celebrations and poetry are fine combinations poetry and brunch, poetry and dessert.
Poems are, of course, natural learning opportunities for holidays and special events.
I invite you to visit the Curriculum Extension section of my web site for more suggestions. Students tell me they like to write poems because they can express their feelings. How grand that they re discovering that aspect of language. Teachers too often write along with their students, discovering that poetry is a source of reflection and experimentation.