Poetry #1

Poem Title: "Twas The Night Before Christmas"
Author: Clement C. Moore
Illustrator: Elena Almazova & Vitaly Shvarov
Publisher: Grafton and Scratch Publishers, Copyright 2013 (Reprint edition)
Number of pages: 32
Genre: Poetry

"Twas the night before Christmas and all throughout the house.." is a classic children's poem about the excitement of Santa making his visits on Christmas Eve night. This is a 21st century edition that is made a little more child friendly for today's young readers.

The illustrations are so much fun and inviting! Almazova and Shvarov did an amazing job providing the pictures for this 21st century version of a very old, but classic children's poem.

Grade level: 2nd
Content Area: ELA (Writing)
Standard: 24) Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure. [W.2.3]

I would read this with 2nd grade as a read aloud. I would then have them write their own poem about the night before Christmas in their own house. This would allow them to get creative in their writing and practice creating poetry of their own.