As the culmination of the writer’s workshop unit about poetry, second graders hosted their families at a Poetry Café, and students stood one at a time in front of the group to share one of the many poems they have written during this unit. Students learned about haikus, limericks, cinquains, 5-senses poems, acrostic poems, and shape poems. As part of this unit, students tried out each style of poetry while growing their portfolio of work. “We also read many poems by other authors, to look at the world through a poet's lenses,” explains teacher Sara Goldrath. After editing their own poetry, students selected five poems to publish in their poetry folders. “Students felt really proud to share their work in front of their families and peers. Poetry is great because even short poems have so much meaning and every student can shine because it’s all about the content.” MORE PHOTOS