Want to help your sixth-grader master reading and writing? Here are some of the skills your sixth-grader will be learning in the classroom. Cite evidence to explain what a story, play, poem, or ...

Today, Múinteoir Clíona and Séamus had a poetry slam and improvised some great free verse poetry! Did you dig it?! Múinteoir Clíona kicked things off by doing some word association with the word apple ...

Today Múinteoir Clíona told us all about calligrams, also known as "shape poems". A calligram is a poem in which the formation of the letters or the font selected, represents an aspect of the poem's ...

Hoping to help your sixth-grader with reading and writing skills? Here are some basic tips that experts suggest. Now that your child is in middle school, they will be given longer reading assignments, ...

Presented by hip-hop star Akala, Poetry: Between the Lines features contemporary poets including Jackie Kay, Gillian Clarke and Ciaran Carson, in conversation with Akala about some of their best-loved ...