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).