As a teacher, you know how vital humour is to keeping students engaged. Don't we tend to lose our sense of humour as we get older? To help my 5th Grade students bounce back from tough topics, I searched for funny poems to share with them. Now, I'm sharing 25 of these poems with you, in case you need ideas to bring some humour into your own lessons. These 25 funny 5th Grade poems are sure to put a smile on your students' faces!
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- 1The Life of a Pirate Ain’t Easy by Kenn Nesbitt
Learn more about 'The Life of a Pirate Ain’t Easy' from Poetry 4 Kids.
0 - 2The Noisy Boys from Boise by Kenn Nesbitt
Learn more about 'The Noisy Boys from Boise' from Poetry 4 Kids.
0 - 3An Ordinary Day by Kenn Nesbitt
Learn more about 'An Ordinary Day' from Poetry 4 Kids.
0 - 4Summer by Walter Dean Myers
Learn more about 'Summer' from Poem Hunter.
0 - 5Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
Learn more about 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' from Discover Poetry.
0 - 6Harlem by Langston Hughes
Learn more about 'Harlem' from Poetry Tea Time.
0 - 7Jonathan Bing by Beatrice Curtis Brown
Learn more about 'Jonathan Bing' from Smart Central.
0 - 8Invisible Children BY MARIANA LLANOS
Learn more about 'Invisible Children' from the Poetry Foundation.
0 - 9Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost
Learn more about 'Nothing Gold Can Stay' from poets.org.
0 - 10I Bought My Mom an Apple by Kenn Nesbitt
Learn more about 'I Bought My Mom an Apple' from Poetry 4 Kids.
0 - 11Toad by the Road by Joanne Ryder
Learn more about 'Toad by the Road' from poetryfilesls.
0 - 12The Night Has a Thousand Eyes by Francis William Bourdillon
Learn more about 'The Night Has a Thousand Eyes' from Discover Poetry.
0 - 13The Scarecrow by Annie Stone
Learn more about 'The Scarecrow' from Discover Poetry.
0 - 14Afterglow by Anonymous
Learn more about 'Afterglow' from Discover Poetry.
0 - 15We Plow the Fields and Scatter by Matthias Claudius
Learn more about 'We Plow the Fields and Scatter' from Timeless Truths.
0 - 16anthem for my belly after eating too much BY KARA JACKSON
Learn more about 'anthem for my belly after eating too much' from the Poetry Foundation.
0 - 17Rose Marie Rassmussen by Kenn Nesbitt
Learn more about 'Rose Marie Rassmussen' from Poetry 4 Kids.
0 - 18Royal Tea by Kenn Nesbitt
Learn more about 'Royal Tea' from Poetry 4 Kids.
0 - 19Dead Leaves by Georgia Douglas Johnson
Learn more about 'Dead Leaves' from poets.org.
0 - 20In Time’s Swing by Lucy Larcom
Learn more about 'In Time’s Swing' from Discover Poetry.
0 - 21Our Teacher’s Like No Other Teacher by Kenn Nesbitt
Learn more about 'Our Teacher’s Like No Other Teacher' from Poetry 4 Kids.
0 - 22Purpose by Amos Russel Wells
Learn more about 'Purpose' from Discover Poetry.
0 - 23A Recipe For a Day by Amos Russel Wells
Learn more about 'A Recipe For a Day' from Discover Poetry.
0 - 24Today We Had Some Weather by Kenn Nesbitt
Learn more about 'Today We Had Some Weather' from Poetry 4 Kids.
0 - 25My Goldfish Took up Tennis by Kenn Nesbitt
Learn more about 'My Goldfish Took up Tennis' from Poetry 4 Kids.
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