Fathers Day Acrostic Poem Lesson Plan

Are you in need of a quick Fathers Day poetry lesson plan to share with your students tomorrow?

Consider practicing acrostic poetry with your students.

• Model the format of acrostic poems with your students. Work together to write a collective acrostic poem on the whiteboard.
• Give your students a dad-related word list so that they can write their own acrostic poem. For younger students, you may want to give them the starting word to use. Older students can choose their own. Consider: love, hero, sports, family, special, admire, gratitude, and happy. Discuss the meaning of these words and the importance of expressing appreciation to father figures for the Fathers Day holiday.
• Give your students time to write their acrostic poems. Circulate and offer guidance as needed.
• If you have time, allow the students to illustrate their poems. This project makes a great bulletin board display for June, especially if you do it a few weeks ahead of time!

Suggest that your students give their acrostic poems to family members as Fathers Day gifts.

Sample Fathers Day Acrostic Poem

F - Forever cheering me on

A - Always guiding me to greatness

T - Truly one of a kind

H - Happy to be your son

E - Each day with you is special, daddy

R - Really love you with all my heart