Close Reading Poems in Grades 3-5 | Analyze Poetry for National Poetry Month

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This resource is perfect for analyzing poetry and close reading poems! Use it yearround, or to celebrate National Poetry Month!

Remember, poetry doesn’t have to be saved for April. Use this pack to practice close reading poems in your classroom to help grow your students’ love for poetry.

This resource is designed to help teachers engage grades 3-5 students with classic poetry through guiding questions during multiple reads.

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With three questions to guide different purposes for reading each of the twelve poems, you’ll be set to apply a variety of reading skills to poetry. Your students will learn to unpack the meaning of each poem and gain a deeper appreciation for the power of language!

This file includes the digital and printable versions of the poetry activities.

Included in this pack:

Suggestions for use, Annotation Bookmarks, and the following poems found in the public domain with guiding questions (and answer keys) for the first, second, and third read:

The Dodo By Hilaire Belloc (1896)

The Little Plant By Kate Brown (1902)

Greenness By Angelina Weld Grimke (1927)

The Rain By William Henry Davies (1909)

On The Bridge By Kate Greenaway (1885)

A Nibbling Mouse By Sarah Lee Brown Fleming (1920)

April! April! Are You Here? By Dora Read Goodale (1878)

The Harmless Worm By Elizabeth Turner (1897)

Foreign Lands By Robert Louis Stevenson (1913)

Fairy Music By Enid Blyton (1924)

The Vegetable School By Hugh Lofting (1924)

A Mortifying Mistake By Anna Maria Pratt (1896)

Check out my blog post that shows a step-by-step lesson (including a freebie), as well as this SECOND post that includes a BONUS poem!

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Want more information on how to implement close reading in your classroom?

You can check out these other blog posts:

Stop Highlighting…Start Thinking!

Text Dependent Questions With Annotations

Text Dependent Questions, Part 2

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Please remember, this purchase is for the use of one teacher. It is not intended to be shared. Please use the ‘additional license’ purchase if more than one teacher will be using it. Thank you!

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