During our first unit of inquiry titled I'm a Poet and I Know It,  under the theme How We Express Ourselves, the students will be looking at how people express themselves with poetry. This unit's central idea is "Expression of ideas, priorities, emotions, and images are communicated through various forms of the written word." Over the next four weeks, we will be reading and writing poetry. During Guided Reading and Writing, students will use a variety of strategies to read poetry and then pra...