Teacher's Guide Fold Me a Poem

Classroom, library, and homeschool resources for using FOLD ME A POEM. Learn how to make origami.

See "Folding and Poeming" in the free Downloadable Teacher's Guide to learn how students can fold a simple dog, then write three different kinds of poems for a fast and easy poetry lesson!

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Visit Lauren Stringer, illustrator of FOLD ME A POEM, and see her terrific instructions and diagrams for folding some of the critters from our book. Stroll around her site for a fascinating look at her creative process.

Also check out her April 22, 2011 blog entry about the fun she had receiving a basket of origami frogs and some terrific poems by Ms. Wolf's second graders at Valentine Hills Elementary in Arden Hills, MN.

FAVORITE ORIGAMI SITES

Links to folding diagrams on the web
http://www.paperfolding.com/diagrams/

Origami projects for teachers
     Math in Motion: Origami in the Classroom
         by Barbara Elizabeth Pearl (check out her easy-to-fold whale)
      Origami with Rachel Katz (check out "Storigami")
      Oriland
    Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
      Teach-nology Origami Links

Learn more about origami and see some amazing art

    Eric's Origami Page
     Joseph Wu
    British Origami Society

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