NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — According to the dictionary, a Poetry Slam is a competition using elimination rounds for the reading of poetry. Recently, Explore Community School in East Nashville held its ...
San Diego teacher Amy Glancy thought she’d prepared her fourth-grade students for the day’s language arts lesson. She knew there was a land mine in the poem she planned to read, but she considered it ...
Lexi Hirsch, center, was presented with prizes for the Riley Festival Fourth Grade Poetry Contest. She’s pictured with her teacher, Kristie Satterfield, and Rhonda Cook, a Riley Festival board member.