Happy New Year! - Common Core Poetry Freebies

Happy New Year!

I'm joining the linky party at The Teacher's Cauldron to share a personal and a blogging resolution.

My personal resolution is easy: take better care of myself. That means more exercise, better eating, and better time management. The only problem is...I'm not too good at holding myself accountable! Anyone want to help?

My blogging resolution: Like most of us, I get behind on responding to my comments. That's my top goal for 2013. If a reader takes the time to comment, I want them to know how appreciative I am. AND I want to find a new blog to follow at least once a week!
(My husband wants my blogging resolution to be making money from my blog! :) I'm happy doing the freebie thing, though. If I'm making it for my own use, I might as well share it.)

Now for your freebie:

2012 brought a lot of changes to most of us professionally...implementing Common Core has been challenging, but I think it's forced me to get out of my comfort zone and stretch my thinking as a teacher. It's been good for me and it's been good for my kiddos.

One of the biggest changes for me has been integrating poetry on a regular basis in my classroom beyond just gluing poems in our poetry journals and illustrating them. Our first four weeks after break are focused on poetry. Here is the third installment of my poetry activities. The theme of these poems is Autumn.

Just click on the pic above to get the file.

(Remember to set your printer options to "FIT" so that all the material will print on each page.)

If you haven't entered my giveaway for a copy of The Miracle Dogs of Portugal, click {HERE} to enter.

Happy New Year!