Today's Classroom Activities :

Valentine’s Day Poems

Valentine Analogies
Reading/Writing Read the following poem together. Discuss the analogies and ask your students to come up with more analogies.

Valentine Blues

by Heidi Bee Roemer

Like a bed without a pillow,
Like a chair without a leg.
Like a boy without his puppy,
Like a hen without her egg.

Like a hot dog without ketchup,
Like a sneeze without a tissue –
When you're gone, the day
seems long.
O Valentine, I miss you!

Read about Valentine's Day with a book like The Day it Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond (Laura Geringer, 2001) or The Very Special Valentine by Maggie Kneen (Chronicle, 2004). Discuss reasons why February 14 is such a popular day.

Valentine's Day
A list of poems and songs that can be used in the classroom.

Poem Form: Valentine Balloon
Students write a poem in the heart-shaped balloon.

Today I Got a Valentine
Students can read this poem and then create their own.