Nouns- Read the poem with fluency and expression. - Use the highlighter to highlight the NOUNS in the poem. - Illustrate a mental picture with your crayons.
Rhyming Words- Read the poem with fluency and expression. - Use the highlighter to highlight the RHYMING WORDS in the poem. - Illustrate a mental picture with your crayons.
Action Words- Read the poem with fluency and expression. - Use the highlighter to highlight the ACTION VERBS in the poem. - Illustrate a mental picture with your crayons.
Adjectives- Read the poem with fluency and expression. - Use the highlighter to highlight the ADJECTIVES in the poem. - Illustrate a mental picture with your crayons.
Compound Words- Read the poem with fluency and expression. - Use the highlighter to highlight the COMPOUND WORDS in the poem. - Illustrate a mental picture with your crayons.
-ING- Read the poem with fluency and expression. - Use the highlighter to highlight the words ending in SUFFIX –ing in the poem. - Illustrate a mental picture with your crayons.
-ED- Read the poem with fluency and expression. - Use the highlighter to highlight the words ending in SUFFIX –ed in the poem. - Illustrate a mental picture with your crayons.
Important Words
Which words feel important? Highlight them. Reread the poem
and emphasize the words.
FeelingsHow does the poem
make you feel? Why? Illustrate a mental picture with your
crayons.Blends
Use a pink marker to code all words that have blends
-bl, -cl, -dr, -sm, -st, -tw, -br
DiagraphsUse a yellow marker to
code all words that have digraphs (-sh, -qu, -th, -wr, -wh, -ch)
Vowel
DiagraphsUse a green marker to
code all words that have vowel digraphs (-ee, -ea, -oa, -oo, ai)
Vowel Dipthongs
Use an orange marker to code all words that
have the dipthongs
(-oi, -oy, oo)Antonyms
Replace the underlined words with a word that means the opposite (an
antonym).
SynonymsReplace the underlined words
with a word that has the
same or almost the same meaning
(a synonym).