If you are a teacher and spend hours each day in a classroom with students, then you understand the importance of injecting humour into your lessons to keep the students engaged. As we get older, isn’t it true that we lose our sense of humour? I think so! In order to help my 5th Grade students come back from their mini-meltdowns after hearing about various tragedies, I searched for funny poems. I wanted to share these poems with all of you, in case you are looking for ideas on how to inject humour into your lessons. Here is an assortment of 25 adorable 5th Grade Poems which I hope will provide you with a quick way to make your students smile! Enjoy!
Contents
1. The Life of a Pirate Ain’t Easy by Kenn Nesbitt
Learn more: Poetry 4 Kids/The Life of a Pirate Ain’t Easy
2. The Noisy Boys from Boise by Kenn Nesbitt
Learn more: Poetry 4 Kids/The Noisy Boys from Boise
3. An Ordinary Day by Kenn Nesbitt
Learn more: Poetry 4 Kids/An Ordinary Day
4. Summer by Walter Dean Myers
Learn more: Poem Hunter/Summer
5. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
Learn more: Discover Poetry/Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
6. Harlem by Langston Hughes
Learn more: Poetry Tea Time/Harlem
7. Jonathan Bing by Beatrice Curtis Brown
Learn more: Smart Central/Jonathan Bing
8. Invisible Children BY MARIANA LLANOS
Learn more: Poetry Foundation/Invisible Children
9. Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost
Learn more: poets.org/Nothing Gold Can Stay
10. I Bought My Mom an Apple by Kenn Nesbitt
Learn more: Poetry 4 Kids/I Bought My Mom an Apple
11. Toad by the Road by Joanne Ryder
Learn more: poetryfilesls/Toad by the Road
12. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes by Francis William Bourdillon
Learn more: Discover Poetry/The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
13. The Scarecrow by Annie Stone
Learn more: Discover Poetry/The Scarecrow
14. Afterglow by Anonymous
Learn more: Discover Poetry/Afterglow
15. We Plow the Fields and Scatter by Matthias Claudius
Learn more: Timeless Truths/We Plow the Fields and Scatter
16. anthem for my belly after eating too much BY KARA JACKSON
Learn more: Poetry Foundation/anthem for my belly after eating too much
17. Rose Marie Rassmussen by Kenn Nesbitt
Learn more: Poetry 4 Kids/Rose Marie Rassmussen
18. Royal Tea by Kenn Nesbitt
Learn more: Poetry 4 Kids/Royal Tea
19. Dead Leaves by Georgia Douglas Johnson
Learn more: poets.org/Dead Leaves
20. In Time’s Swing by Lucy Larcom
Learn more: Discover Poetry/In Time’s Swing
21. Our Teacher’s Like No Other Teacher by Kenn Nesbitt
Learn more: Poetry 4 Kids/Our Teacher’s Like No Other Teacher
22. Purpose by Amos Russel Wells
Learn more: Discover Poetry/Purpose
23. A Recipe For a Day by Amos Russel Wells
Learn more: Discover Poetry/A Recipe For a Day
24. Today We Had Some Weather by Kenn Nesbitt
Learn more: Poetry 4 Kids/Today We Had Some Weather
25. My Goldfish Took up Tennis by Kenn Nesbitt
Learn more: Poetry 4 Kids/My Goldfish Took up Tennis