Grade 4 unit on Poems and theme.

1. FORK
M A K E A C I R C L E M A P W I T H T H E W O R D “ F O R K ” I N T H E
M I D D L E . W R I T E A N Y T H I N G T H AT C O M E S T O M I N D.
Day 1
Start a new page in your notebook.
Label it “Poem Notes” at the top.

2. FINDINGS
• Students share out what they wrote in their circle map.
• Did anyone write something different?

3. MULTIPLE MEANINGS
• Words can have many different meanings. Poets use these meanings to create works
of art!
• Poets use figurative language.

4. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IS…
• the use of words in an unusual or imaginative manner. Often figurative language
involves the use of a metaphor, a simile, personification, hyperbole, idiom, a
euphemism, and pun.
• Metaphor: Makes a comparison as if one thing were actually another.
• Simile: Makes a comparison using the words “like” or “as”.

5. SIMILE OR METAPHOR?
• The typical teenage boy’s room is a disaster area.
• Her eyes were fireflies.

6. SIMILE OR METAPHOR?
• She shines like the sun.
• He was as big as a horse.

7. IREADY LESSON 10
• Guide students through online iReady lesson 10.

8. EXIT SLIP
• Reflect on your learning:
–What is one thing NEW that you learned about poems?

9. DAY 2
• Turn to page 150 in your iReady books.
• Be ready to share exit slip answers from yesterday.
• Students share.

10. GET STARTED
• Today you will read a poem about places roads can take you. First, you’ll read to
understand the words and images in the poem. Next, you’ll reread to study the details
and connect them to a theme.

11. READING
• First read:
– Listen as I read the poem
aloud.
• Second read:
– Choral reading.
– Teacher asks questions.
• Third read:
– Students read silently and
complete close reader
habits.

12. PARTNER WORK
• Compare your findings from the close reader habits activity.
• Complete questions 1 & 2 on page 151.
• Start your center work.

13. DAY 3
• Turn to page 152 in your iReady books.
• Be ready to share out your work from yesterday.
• Students share.

14. GET STARTED
• Today you will read another poem about roads. First, you will read to understand what
the poem says on the surface. Then, you will reread with a partner to focus on the
details in the poem and determine the theme.

15. READING
• First read:
– Listen as I read the poem
aloud.
• Second read:
– Choral reading.
– Teacher asks questions.
• Third read:
– Students read silently and
complete close reader
habits.

16. PARTNER WORK
• Compare your findings from the close reader habits activity.
• Complete questions 1 & 2 on page 153.
• Start your center work.

17. DAY 4
• Review your discussion notes from yesterday.
• Students will share out the theme of each poem.

18. GROUP TIME!
• Each group will be given a piece of chart paper.
• Students are to use a double bubble (Venn Diagram) to compare and contrast the
poems.
• Students will each use a different color marker to show their work. Names are written
in this color.

19. EXAMPLE Roads
The House by the
Side of the Road
Both