Assessing Comprehension Through Poetry

Where I Come From Alan Jackson’s Where I Come From Mamma, Where are You From? By Chris K. Soentpiet

Sample by WES 4th grader The rusty old truck rolling down the road, the John Deere tractors slinging dust over the farms grassy hills, and the

morning sun peeking over the horizon, that's where I come from.

Friday afternoons roaming through the woods, trying not to step on any briers on the way, and Friday and Saturday night

football games, that’s where I come from.Sitting on the front porch watching the birds fly through the sky, while drinking a glass of ice cold sweet tea, that’s where

I come from. Greeting people at church with smiles, and listening to

preacher David preach about God, that’s where I come from. Sunday lunch and backyard football games, that’s where I

come fromCatching fire flies in the last light of the day, that’s where I

come from. Watching the sun sink down beyond the horizon, and saying

goodbye to the day, that’s where I come from.

Assessing Character Traits Through Poetry

I Am Poem Character List

WritingRAFT

(Role, Audience, Format, Topic)

Writing is a great way to check comprehension and understanding of topics covered. If they can effectively write from a different point of view then they have mastered the content taught.

Examples of RAFT writing

Rewrites Brown Bear, Brown

Bear by Eric Carle

The Important Book by Margaret Wise

Brown

Songs/Poetry in Motion

Songs promote retention of important information.

Primary Source Kit Primary Source

photographs and documents are analyzed to introduce or review historical events.

Students re-create these events through dramatical interviews.

Students comprehend the Boston Massacre using historical text.

Social Studies Notebooking

Resources www.scholastic.com Scholastic Book

Orders www.adoptaclassroom.org Online

Donations www.donorschoose.org Online Donations

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