Winter is coming! Well, at least for some of you. Things are still pretty warm here in Texas!
This is the third installment of magnetic poetry templates that I have shared.
The first one was Collaborative Magnetic Poetry with Google Drawings.
The second one was the Halloween version: Halloween Magnetic Poetry with Google Drawings.
I had a lot fun creating these, but even more fun when I see them used!
I love seeing pictures of these being used in the classroom. It warms my heart in the cold, winter months!
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Magnetic Poetry
What is Magnetic Poetry?
This digital template takes the idea from the original refrigerator magnet game, where you are challenged to write poetry, phrases, sentences, or even stories with a limited word bank of little magnets.
Google Drawings v. Google Slides
Winter Magnetic Poetry with Google Slides
I created this version to offer some teachers some other options and to show you how the same idea that I created in Google Drawings can also be done in Slides if you prefer.
Here are some of the options Google Slides will give you in this version:
Google Drawings is not currently compatible on mobile devices, but Google Slides is compatible. Be sure to download the Google Slides App for iOS or Android.
Teachers always ask about locking the background in Google Drawings, so that students don’t accidentally move it. In Drawings, you can’t lock the background, but you can in Slides.
The background in this Google Slides template is “locked,” meaning the background image is set as the background on the slide. (Note: The background can still be changed if you prefer, just right-click on the slide.)
I have included a word list in the template for you and your students.There are over 100 words.
(This word list was a collaboration, generated by students from Lynn Kleinmeyer’s school in Iowa, words from the glossary in Winter: The Coldest Season of All, and some extra articles and nouns to bring it all together.)
Get Your FREE Copy of the Winter Magnetic Poetry Template
The Winter Around the World Project
This template was originally created for the Winter Around the World Project in 2015.
The Winter Around the World Project is a globally collaborative project in which students share their winter stories, songs, poems, illustrations, and photographs. It is open to students of ALL ages around the world!
The wonderful Shannon Miller and Lynn Kleinmeyer asked me to collaborate on the Winter Around the World Project and create a special winter edition of magnetic poetry. It was an honor to collaborate with these dedicated librarians and educational leaders!
The winter projects was gathered in this collaborative Google Slides presentation, then be published as an eBook that was shared around the globe!
How to Create Magnetic Poetry Mini-Course
Want to learn how to make your own magnetic poetry and other types of interactive lessons?
Jump into my FREE mini-course, How to Create Magnetic Poetry with Google Slides and Drawings.
In this course, are two, quick, video-based lessons to show you how to create the background and create your own word images. All self-paced! Learn when and where you want! Easy peasy!
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Laura says
Thank you, Kasey for sharing!
Nicole says
I love this idea! I also use something similar for a review games. After I upload a picture of a map of the states to a Google Drawing, I create state and capital name tiles. I share with my students and they drag the tiles to the appropriate places on the map.
Ron says
Great ideas! Here’s the Poe’s Tell-Tale Sentence Structure version that I told you about. I tried to make it a little more interactive for teachers with the vocab links and the ability to expand the strips or you can copy, paste, and add lines from the story.
Access via your Google account: https://goo.gl/rg3ePK
Ron
gladeslibrarian says
I want to make a Spring Magnetic Poetry in Google Slides to distribute to students via Google Classroom. How do I create and then share it so that the word tiles can be moved around on the slide by each student on their own copy? Do I have to save it as a template or a master? When I shared my copy with editing privileges to a teacher via Google Drive, she was not able to manipulate the words. Help, please?
Kasey Bell says
Hi, I responded to your email as well but wanted to make sure this answer appeared in the comments as well. She should have been able to move them. I could when you shared it with me. I used the force a copy trick to share my template on the site. For directions on forcing a copy, read this post: https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/force-users-to-make-a-copy-of-a-google-doc/