Dear Parents and Guardians,

My name is Abbey Cook and I am an early-childhood education major at Georgia College. I

am currently serving in your student’s classroom as a student teacher. For one of my courses, I have

the opportunity to create a Family Literacy Engagement Project for my students. This project will

provide an interactive experience for children and their families, as it includes a literacy activity. A

few weeks ago we discussed the structural elements of poetry during our poetry unit, such as: verse,

rhythm, meter, stanza, line, rhyme scheme and repetition. We also learned about different types of

poems, such as haikus and cinquains and even wrote our own cinquain poems. For this activity, your

child will have the chance to write their own poem. They can refer to the resources provided

regarding the elements of poetry and different types of poems, as they construct their individual

poems. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help with this activity! I am excited to read

your child’s creative poem!

Sincerely,

Abbey Cook
 Family Literacy Engagement Activity Instructions:

This Literacy Activity builds on your child’s prior understanding of poetry and asks that he or

she write an individual poem, using the resources provided. I have provided several handouts

pertaining to the different poetry elements. I have also provided worksheets to practice identifying

these different elements. In addition, there are several handouts explaining the different types of

poems, such as: couplet, cinquain, limerick, acrostic, haiku, concrete, and quatrain. Using these

resources to assist you, please work with your child to construct your own unique poem, using any of

the poem types listed above. Please follow the criteria for the poem type you select and have fun

writing your creative poem!

 Family Literacy Engagement Project Evaluation Survey for Parents/Guardians

Dear Parents/Guardians: Please take a moment to complete the survey to let me know how you liked
the literacy activity. Thank you!

Directions: Please rate responses according to the scale provided below:

6 = Strongly Agree 3=Moderately Disagree

5= Agree 2=Disagree
4=Moderately Agree 1=Strongly Disagree

To what extent do you agree:

654321 The letter to parents/guardians explained the project and directions well so I
understood exactly what to do.

654321 My child and I enjoyed the activity, writing a poem together.

654321 My child and I felt the resources assisted in writing a poem of our own.

654321 My child and I would like to complete more activities like this.

Please complete and return this survey after you and your child have read through the materials
and completed the activity! Thank you!