A Smart Treasure: Interactive Journals with Friday Poetry Pockets

Aren't interactive journals wonderful!  I love how my students personalize them to make them their own treasure.  I love it when I see students pull them out to use for reference--without being told!  They love using them because they created them! This year I am including our Friday Poetry Pockets into the student's ELA Journals! It was tempting to begin a separate Poetry Journal but I didn't want to give the students too many journals or the magic might wear off! We presently have math and language notebooks. 

Last Friday the students wrote acrostic poems and glued in their first pockets.

 

 

These pockets are available in my TpT Store in two different versions.

 

 

First, they wrote a poem about themselves on the left side of the journal page.

The students drew names last Friday and are presently writing an acrostic poem about a classmate.  They will deliver them this Friday and the classmate will keep these in their poetry pocket.  We will continue to add acrostic poems during the year that we write in other subjects so their pockets will be filled with treasures. 
    What special touches are you adding to your interactive journals this year?

Happy Creating!

Amy