Happy Memorial Day! Celebrate with your students by reading two of the Memorial Day poems that made red poppies an enduring symbol of soldiers’ sacrifice: “In Flanders Fields” by World War I surgeon John McCrae, and Moina Michael’s response poem “We Shall Keep the Faith.”
Both poems are presented in an attractive, illustrated format, using kid-friendly font and generous line spacing to aid reading comprehension; print in your choice of black and white or color!
Best of all? They are 100% FREE in my Teachers Pay Teachers store! Download today, and introduce your learners to two poems that changed the way we look at war forever:
Memorial Day Poetry Freebies: 2 Free Printable Poems ft. “In Flanders Fields”
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With these 5 ELA Lessons aimed at supporting balanced literacy through a variety of kid-approved reading and writing activities, your learners will have fun reading and responding to poetry, comparing and contrasting poems, digging into informational texts, defining domain-specific vocabulary, discovering the meaning of new poetry terms… and, of course, writing poems of their own!
Along with these two great Memorial Day poems, you’ll also get:
- Memorial Day Poetry Reading Response: Speakers POV w/ “In Flanders Fields” – John McCrae’s unforgettable choice of speaker will get your students excited to read and respond to this standards-aligned question… pre-reading text about the poet and introducing academic vocabulary included!
- Memorial Day Compare & Contrast Poetry Response + Guided Prewriting Planners – Don’t let your students struggle with the terrifying task of comparing and contrasting poems — set them up for success with two poems that are perfect for compare and contrast, plus detailed graphic organizers that will walk them step-by-step through the process!
- Memorial Day Reading Passages & Response – RI.5.3 Explaining Relationships – Dive deeper into the history behind these important poems with 3 differentiated levels of informational reading, plus 3 reading response questions designed to let you mix and match to provide each and every student the level of scaffolding that’s just right for them!
- Repetition, Refrains, & Rondeaus: Poetry Terms + Guided Poetry Writing Activity – Time for your young poets to do what poets do best: write! After exploring important domain-specific vocabulary using an already-familiar poem (plus our old friends “context clues” and “the dictionary”) students will be guided through the process of planning and writing a memorial poem of their own!
That’s a full week of your literacy center taken care of… lesson plans, Common Core standards, student-friendly learning objectives, and suggested scaffolds all included! So don’t wait, grab my Memorial Day ELA Mini-Unit Bundle and celebrate the holiday with these unforgettable Memorial Day poems the zero-stress, zero-prep way!
Memorially,
Lover of Learning. Queen of Quirky.
Wordsmith of Wonderlands.
