Poetry Reading Comprehension Activities Poem Analysis 3rd 4th 5th Grade
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Celebrate National Poetry Month with this poetry unit! This unit includes poems that will help your students practice fluency skills and close reading strategies with biography articles about famous poets and 20 classic poems kids love to read.
This set is perfect and highly engaging for National Poetry Month in April or during any poetry or nonfiction biography unit.
This pack includes close reading activities for 20 classic poems and 5 biography articles about famous poets! Plus, a bio poem project is included to allow your students to become their own poets!
The famous poet-focused nonfiction passages and comprehension questions will have your students practicing gathering important information and reflecting as they read biographies.
Your students will also increase their reading fluency with these fun-to-read poems and matching comprehension questions and activities.
Please see the preview for a more detailed look at all this product has to offer.
Kindly Note: The classic poems included in this set were hand-selected from the public domain and are appropriate to be used with upper elementary students.
This set includes BOTH print and digital options!
CONTENTS of Poetry Close Reading Set #1
- Directions and Link to share with students using Google Classroom™
- Anchor Charts: Poetry and Fluency
- 10 Classic Poems with 2 pages of Reader Response Questions for each
- 3 Going further activities
- Close Reading Anchor Charts (in two sizes)
CONTENTS of Poetry Close Reading Set #2
- Directions and Link to share with students using Google Classroom™
- Anchor Charts: Poetry and Fluency
- 10 Classic Poems with 2 pages of Reader Response Questions for each
- 3 Going further activities
- Close Reading Anchor Charts (in two sizes)
CONTENTS of Poet Biography Close Reading Set
- Directions and Link to share with students using Google Classroom™
- Close Reading Anchor Charts and Graphic Organizer
- 5, two-page biographies of famous poets with two pages of reader response questions and activities for each of the following featured poets:
- Jack Prelutsky
- William Shakespeare
- Shel Silverstein
- Walter Dean Myers
- Emily Dickinson
CONTENTS of Bio Poem Writing Project
- Directions and Link for use in Google Classroom™
- Student Bio Poetry Directions, Model, and Template for the First Draft
- Student Editing and Revising Checklist
- Challenge Activity to differentiate or for fast finishers!
- Different Lined Templates for Student Final Draft Writing (Two Different Styles)
- Bulletin Board Letters (easy to cut and hang) Both in Color and BW options
Teacher Approved!
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"I loved that this resource. My students are familiar with this structure of close reading and it couldn't have come at a better time. We are working on our Poetry Unit and love being able to give them some background on their favorite poets. Thank you."
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"I absolutely love this resource. So many poetry resources only focus on kids writing poetry. I love that this has the famous poems in a kid-friendly way!"
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"Great resource that incorporated poetry analysis as well as nonfiction reading analysis on famous poets. My students enjoyed doing this!"
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