Read & Understand Poetry, Gr.3-4

Read and Understand Poetry, Grades 3/4 contains 26 poem selections organized around these engaging themes: Through the Eyes of a Child; Nature's Mysteries; Poetic Forms; North, South, East, West; Fanciful Fun; Stories in Verse. Included are poems by such well-known poets as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Rachel Field, Lewis Carroll, 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.