Read & Understand Poetry, Grades 4-5 by Michael Ryall

Read and Understand Poetry, Grades 4–5 contains 27 poem selections organized around these engaging themes: * Family Album * Wacky Words * Verse in Motion * The Work of Our Hands * On the Railroad * Water & Waves * From the Pages of History * Celebrate!Included are poems by such well-known poets as Edward Lear; Walt Whitman; Alfred, Lord Tennyson; and Pat Mora.The first follow-up activity emulates the format students are likely to encounter on standardized language arts tests.Item content covers: * literal comprehension * sequence * word meaning * context clues & inferences * main idea and detailsThis resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key.