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Poems: Identifying Patterns

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Here is a great worksheet that contains two short poems to compare and contrast. Children will read each poem out loud and then complete three comparative analysis questions which focus on rhyme, structure, and language. Note: The activity can be completed as a group, in pairs, or individually. 

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poetic structure, poetry, reading fluency, rhyming words, phonemic awareness, patterns

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fluency, comparing poems, pattern identification, poetic structure, rhyming pairs, english language arts
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3rd
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English Language Arts
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RL.3.5 RL.3.10 RF.3.3.a

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