Insect Poetry

Choose one of these poems or find some great ones of your own. I usually assign one stanza each day for cursive practice. Below is a brief list of the poems I use as well as a bibliography of resources.

 

Firefly

by Elizabeth Roberts

 

Butterfly

by William Jay Smith

 

The Hornet

by Douglas Florian

 

 

Mosquitoes, Mosquitoes

by Jack Prelutsky

 


 

Bibliography

The Arbuthnot Anthology of Children's Literature

Something BIG Has been Here by Jack Prelutsky

Illustrated by James Stevenson

A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

insectlopedia by Douglas Florian

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