Poetry Work Station
Grade: 1
Teacher: Lynn Brubaker
Learning Goals:
Common Core: RL.1.4. Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or
appeal to the senses.
Assessment:
The students will read the text, or phrases in the poem and highlight the words or phrases that suggest feelings. When the student finishes highlighting the poem, they will file the poem in their Friday folder for review.
The students will practice reading their words from their journal/notebook for accuracy.
Materials:
Poetry journals/notebooks for each student
Highlighters
There will be numerous copies of the poem, Belinda Blue by Jack Prelutsky, for students.
“I Can for Poetry Work Station.”
I can read the poem so it sounds like talking.
I can point and read.
I can find words with feeling in a poem
I can read a poem with a friend or Clifford
Activities for Poetry Work Station:
Student Will:
1. The students will practice reading the poem, Belinda Blue, for fluency, with a friend or to our classroom friend Clifford.
2. The student will read the text, or phrases in the poem and highlight the word or phrases that suggest feelings.
3. The student will write the words that suggests feelings in their poetry journal/notebook
Belinda Blue
by Jack Prelutsky
Belinda Blue was furious,
She fumed, “I’m really mad!
This is the worst experience
That I have ever had.”
She beat her fist against the wall,
She pounded on the floor,
“I am livid!” she exploded,
“I am bilious to the core!”
She wrong her hands, she tore her hair,
Her tantrum grew and grew,
“I am angry, angry, ANGRY!”
Shrieked enraged Belinda Blue.
She seemed to be beside herself,
She raced around the room,
She roared so loud, the neighbors thought
They’d heard a sonic boom.
Her rage was unabated,
It appeared she’d never quit,
In fact, she seemed to savor
Every second of her fit,
Belinda Blue created
such an overwhelming scene
Because at lunch, her mother said,
"Please eat just one green bean.”
References & Resources
Prelutsky, J. (1990). Something Big Has Been Here. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books.
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