My Limerick Worksheet
A planning-and-writing page guides learners to brainstorm A and B rhyme words before composing an original five-line limerick.

- Grades
- Grades 2–5, Elementary
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Writing
- Topic
- Poetry
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
- Preparation
- Print ready
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What's inside this resource
My Limerick Worksheet is an engaging language arts resource for elementary students to practice writing limerick poems. Students are provided a structured 5-line poem template where they can fill in the blanks to create a clever, humorous limerick on any topic. This creative worksheet facilitates key aspects of literacy development, from rhyme schemes to rhythm. It can be utilized in various instructional settings - as an independent writing activity, small group work, or even a whole class poem crafting lesson. Students will enjoy flexing their creative muscles to invent silly limericks. In the process, they gain exposure to fundamental poetic conventions. This versatile resource allows flexibility for teachers to reinforce parts of speech, rhyming patterns, syllables, adjectives, punctuation, and other grammar skills. Overall, the structured nature of the My Limerick Worksheet makes poetry composition accessible and amusing for elementary writers.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Generate rhyme words for two line families
Plan five line endings that follow AABBA
Compose an original limerick using the planned pattern
Teaching tips
Draft the five ending words first and test their rhyme groups aloud.
Read the finished poem rhythmically to revise any line that disrupts the intended bounce.
Skills covered
Poetry planning — rhyme options are gathered before drafting.
Rhyme-scheme control — five lines follow AABBA.
Original composition — structure supports a humorous short poem.
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Original limerick
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