Poems: At the Zoo, K-3

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Standard Resource

Years: 3-4, K-2

3 Pages

Product Code: TEAC184

Resource Type: Classroom Resources

About this teaching resource

Poems for children help them celebrate the joy and wonder of their world. Humorous poems tickle the funny bone of their imaginations. Charles Ghigna

All poems @ Teachific are in the public domain and come ready to photocopy for shared reading (A4, enlarge to A3 or A2) and independent reading (A5, A4). Have students glue copies of poems into their personal reader or poetry collection book. Leave pages available for student illustrations, enabling them to fully engage in creating deep meaning of the poets message.

Australian curriculum alignment

Year K

ACELT1606: Understand, interpret and experiment with a range of devices and deliberate word play in poetry and other literary texts, for example nonsense words, spoonerisms, neologisms and puns.

Year 1

ACELT1585: Listen to, recite and perform poems, chants, rhymes and songs, imitating and inventing sound patterns including alliteration and rhyme.

Year 2

ACELT1592: Identify, reproduce and experiment with rhythmic, sound and word patterns in poems, chants, rhymes and songs.

Year 3

ACELT1600: Discuss the nature and effects of some language devices used to enhance meaning and shape the reader’s reaction, including rhythm and onomatopoeia in poetry and prose.