Rhymes for the Times: Literacy Strategies through Social Studies

ISBN: 9781425814670

Item: 51467

Grades:

4-8

Pages:

168

DESCRIPTION:

With the ongoing struggle of incorporating the career and college readiness standards into lessons, this resource is perfect for integrating today's standards in a fun and engaging way. The interesting and factual poems focused on the 50 states, United States history, and ancient civilizations combined with the engaging activities are sure to heighten student engagement.

Using poetry with students has many strong benefits, including building word skills, improving fluency, and increasing comprehension. Each strategy includes:

template lesson plan with overview of strategy's benefits and procedures
template student page
sample lesson plan for one of the actual poems
sample poem
sample student page(s)

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