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Start-Up Activity
Have a volunteer read the rhyming poem aloud to your class. Then lead a discussion about it.
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What words in this poem rhyme? (Grow and toe, eyes and size)
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Where do the rhyming words appear? (At the end of the first two lines, and then at the end of the third and fourth lines)
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What else makes this poem fun? (A grasshopper can't hurt an elephant, and elephants can't talk.)
Let students know they will get to play with rhymes in this chapter and come up with their own silly (or serious) poems.
Think About It
“I wrote my first poems and stories perched on a fire escape. It was my very own magic carpet.”
—Sharon Bell Mathis
Start-Up Activity
Have a volunteer read the rhyming poem aloud to your class. Then lead a discussion about it.
-
What words in this poem rhyme? (Grow and toe, eyes and size)
-
Where do the rhyming words appear? (At the end of the first two lines, and then at the end of the third and fourth lines)
-
What else makes this poem fun? (A grasshopper can't hurt an elephant, and elephants can't talk.)
Let students know they will get to play with rhymes in this chapter and come up with their own silly (or serious) poems.
Think About It
“I wrote my first poems and stories perched on a fire escape. It was my very own magic carpet.”
—Sharon Bell Mathis