As the year progresses and students learn the poem, new poems are added. Students learn some by heart and can recite others with a few visual clues. This activity helps students to create their own poems. Make up the basics of a crossword puzzle. Have students complete the puzzle so that real words are made on each line.
Teacher chooses a student to come to front of the room.
Teacher or student decides on a pair of rhyming words. That student receives 2 points. First student now acts out the second word which everyone knows rhymes with the first word. Whoever guesses it correctly, receives 1 point. A child, during free time, writes a sentence which the teacher edits.