Poetry Grades 2 - 3

Evan-Moor's Read and Understand Poetry series has been developed to provide students and their teachers with a structured approach for working with poetry!

For each poem in this book, you will find:
• a teacher page featuring a simple lesson plan for guiding students through reading and understanding the poem
• a poem page featuring the text of the poem enhanced with a simple illustration
• two follow-up activity pages designed to help students consolidate their understanding of the poem and extend their thinking and creativity.

Additional student resources include:
• a Glossary of Poetry Terms featuring kid-friendly definitions and pronunciation guidelines for terms ranging from alliteration to simile
• an About the Poets feature that presents brief, high-interest information non each of the poets included in this anthology
• an index of the literary terms used in this book
• illustrated classroom Poetry Teaching Posters identifying key elements and forms of poetry
• a cover page for students to use in creating their individual Read and Understand Poetry Anthology

This resource contains 27 contemporary and classic poems in reproducible formation