Poetry Spotlight: The Crocodile's Toothache by Shel Silverstein in Wordle

One of my favorite poems by Shel Silverstein is "The Crocodile's Toothache." It's a fun poem, but is also a lesson on the importance of considering the feelings of others - even if it is a crocodile!

A fun website I was introduced to in one of my classes is wordle.com. At this website you can create word pictures called "Wordles." Once you have made one, you can then play around with the font, color, word directionality, choice of what words to leave in, etc. Here is the Wordle I created for "The Crocodile's Toothache." The poem can be found in the book Where the Sidewalk Ends. I've also included a link to a youtube video of it. Enjoy!