Acrostic Poems

1. Acrostic Poems

2. Acrostic • 1st letter in each line of the poem spells the subject vertically Cats purr loudly; Active at night, Tackle my toes.

3. Writing an acrostic poem • 1. Select a non-fiction animal card. Your animal’s name MUST BE AT LEAST 6 LETTERS LONG. • 2. Read the card and take a sheet of paper and write down 10 facts about the animal. • 3. Now write the name of the animal vertically. • 4. Create an acrostic poem about the animal, including as many facts as possible.

4. Black Bear • In spring, summer, and fall it eats a lot • It fishes for salmon • It likes tree resin • Strips the bark off of trees to eat • 25 percent of diet is rodents • 75 percent of diet is plants • In winter, it sleeps in a den • Its temperature and breathing diminish in winter • It wakes up in winter some when the weather is mild and eats a little

5. Black Bear facts, cont. • It likes to live alone • Its range is 1 to 36 square miles • Mating season is May to July • January or February is when cubs are born • It has 1 to 3 cubs at a time • Cubs weigh no more than 10 ounces at birth • Black bears climb, run, and swim well • They rarely attack people unless the mother bear is with her cubs or she is injured • Black bears are mammals • They live in North America • They weigh 200 to 600 pounds and are 4.5 to 6 feet long • They are omnivores, which means they eat plants and animals

6. Acrostic Poem about Black Bears Black bears Live in North America. Average length is 4.5 to 6 feet and they Can weigh up to 600 pounds. Killing people is not their habit, unless the Bear feels threatened. They Eat both animals and plants And like to fish, climb, and swim. They Really like to sleep in dens during the winter. Small cubs are born during January or February in the den.