Overview
Read and Understand Poetry, Grades 2-3 contains 27 poem selections organized around these engaging themes:
* Beasts, Birds, & Bugs
* Seasons & Celebrations
* Stuff & Nonsense
* Step Outside
* Poems in Song
* A World of Sights & Sounds
Included are poems by such well-known poets as Christina Rossetti, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Frost, and Pat Mora.
The first follow-up activity emulates the format students are likely to encounter on standardized language arts tests.
Item content covers:
* literal comprehension
* sequence
* word meaning
* context clues & inferences
* main idea and details.
Synopsis
Read and Understand Poetry, Grades 2-3 contains 27 poem selections organized around these engaging themes:
* Beasts, Birds, & Bugs
* Seasons & Celebrations
* Stuff & Nonsense
* Step Outside
* Poems in Song
* A World of Sights & Sounds
Included are poems by such well-known poets as Christina Rossetti, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Frost, and Pat Mora.
The first follow-up activity emulates the format students are likely to encounter on standardized language arts tests.
Item content covers:
* literal comprehension
* sequence
* word meaning
* context clues & inferences
* main idea and details.