AnimalsReading focus: poetryMath Focus: Length

Click above to watcha video on inches & feet

Click above to watcha video on poems

Click above to Play a game! Click below to learn how to

Draw a koala

Click above to learn aboutThis unit

Animals

TEKS 2.9B Explain visual patterns and structures in a variety of poems

Reading Poetry Activity #1

Let’s Review Poetry!

• Lines: A line of a poem is one row of text.

• Stanza: A stanza of a poem is a group of lines, kind of like a paragraph.

• Rhyme Scheme: When looking at the rhyming words in a poem you look at the last words of the lines.

• Author: The person who wrote the poem.

• Speaker: The person who is saying the poem.

Comprehension Quick Check

1. How Many lines are in the poem “The Ant”?

2. How many Stanzas are in the poem “The Ant”?

3. Which Lines for the poem rhyme?A. Lines 1 and 2B. lines 2 and 4C. Lines 1 and 3D. Lines 2 and 3

4. In stanza 3 why do you think the author wrote the word another in all capital letters?

5. In stanza 3 why do you think the author uses the … ?

Comprehension Quick Check

6. Circle The Author of this poem is?

7. The Speaker of this poem is someone who-?A. is an antB. Loves antsC. Who is watching the antsD. Has never seen an ant before

Answer Page

1. 10

2. 3

3. B

4. The author capitalized all of the letters in the word another to emphasize and make a point that the pattern of the ants was going to keep repeating itself and that another ant was going to keep on coming.

5. The author used the … in the 3rd stanza to show that the pattern was going to keep on repeating itself.

Answer Page

6.

7. C

Animals

TEKS 2.3D identify, use and explain meaning of antonyms and synonyms in context

Reading Poetry Activity #2

Let’s Review antonyms and Synonyms

• Antonyms: a word that has the opposite meaning as another word

example: loud and soft, fast and slow

• Synonyms: a word that has the same meaning as another word

example: start and begin, quick and fast

1. What word found in the poem is a synonym for the word tired?

2. What word found in the poem is a Synonym for empty?

3. What is an antonym for the word fun used in line 5?

4. What word found in the poem is an antonym for awake?

5. What is a synonym for the word moves in line 1?

6. What is an antonym for the word faster in line 2?

7. What word in the poem is an antonym for the word closed?

8. What word in the poem is a synonym for the word scented?

Answer Page

1. weary

2. digs

3. Answers may vary- example answer: boring

4. sleep

5. Answers may vary- Example answer: walk

6. Answers may very- example answer: slower

7. open

8. Fragrant

Animals

TEKS 2.12A- Compose Poetry

Reading Poetry Activity #3

Acrostic Poem Review

Acrostic Poem: Topic words written vertically with describing words, phrase, or sentences starting with each letter of the topic word

Examples:

P- playful Z- Zebra, zebra black white

E- energetic E- Early morning, dark of night

N- nodding B- Beware the mighty lions bite

G- growing R- Run, run, run with all your might

U- unbelievable A- Away, away, get out of sight

I- interesting

N- nest-building

Let’s Write our ownpoem

Pick the animal of your choice to write your own acrostic poem. Add an illustration to go with your poem.

Animals

TEKS 2.9E Determine the solution to a problem

involving length, including estimating lengths

Math Length Activity #1

Lauren has a pet snake that she measures in centimeters. She draws this diagram to show its length. How many centimeters

long is her snake?

Zach has a Lizard that he measures in centimeters. He draws the diagram below

to show its length. How long is his lizard?

Tessa has 3 ribbons that are each 6 centimeters long. How many centimeters

of ribbon does Tessa have?

Toni’s piece of ribbon is 9 inches longer than Stephanie's ribbon. If Stephanie’s ribbon is shown below, how long is Toni’s ribbon?

Lauren has a pet snake that she measures in centimeters. She draws this diagram to show its length. How many centimeters

long is her snake?

Zach has a Lizard that he measures in centimeters. He draws the diagram below

to show its length. How long is his lizard?

Tessa has 3 ribbons that are each 6 centimeters long. How many centimeters

of ribbon does Tessa have?

Toni’s piece of ribbon is 9 inches longer than Stephanie's ribbon. If Stephanie’s ribbon is shown below, how long is Toni’s ribbon?

Answer Key

20 inches

Animals

TEKS 2.9E Determine the solution to a problem

involving length, including estimating lengths

Math Length Activity #2

Ryan cut a piece of rope into two pieces. The first piece is 18cm. The second piece is 27cm. How long was the rope before

it was cut?

Brandy has a piece of wire that is 22 centimeters long. She uses 9

centimeters for a project. Then she uses 6 more centimeters of wire for another project. How long is the

wire that Brandy has left?

There are 2 flowers growing in the garden. The yellow sunflower is 6 feet tall. The red rose is 4 feet shorter than

the sunflower. How tall is the red rose?

Desi measured the length of the leash for her puppy. The leash measures 3 feet. Which of the following is the

same length as 1 foot?

12 inches

12 feet

2 inches

Kim has a toy train. Each train car is about 6 inches long. IF Kim puts 8 traincars together, about how long will the

train being in feet?

Allison uses a ruler to measure a toy snake. It is 12 inches long.

Which sentence is true?

12 inches is the same as 12 feet

12 feet is greater than 12 inches

12 inches is greater than 12 feet.

Ryan cut a piece of rope into two pieces. The first piece is 18cm. The second piece is 27cm. How long was the rope before

it was cut?

Brandy has a piece of wire that is 22 centimeters long. She uses 9

centimeters for a project. Then she uses 6 more centimeters of wire for another project. How long is the

wire that Brandy has left?

Answer Key

45 cm7 cm

There are 2 flowers growing in the garden. The yellow sunflower is 6 feet tall. The red rose is 4 feet shorter than

the sunflower. How tall is the red rose?

Desi measured the length of the leash for her puppy. The leash measures 3 feet. Which of the following is the

same length as 1 foot?

12 inches

12 feet

2 inches

Answer Key

2 feet

Kim has a toy train. Each train car is about 6 inches long. IF Kim puts 8 traincars together, about how long will the

train being in feet?

Allison uses a ruler to measure a toy snake. It is 12 inches long.

Which sentence is true?

12 inches is the same as 12 feet

12 feet is greater than 12 inches

12 inches is greater than 12 feet.

Answer Key

4 feet

Animals

TEKS 2.9E Determine the solution to a problem

involving length, including estimating lengths

Math Length Activity #3

Find 3 items that are…longer than 12 inches

1.

2.

3.

Find 3 items that are…Shorter than 12 inches

1.

2.

3.

Find 3 items that are…About 12 inches

1.

2.

3.

Find 3 items that are…Shorter than a centimeter

1.

2.

3.

Longer, shorter, equal to scavenger huntGo on a scavenger hunt around your house and find 3 items for each description.

Find 3 items that are…longer than 12 inches

1.

2.

3.

Find 3 items that are…Shorter than 12 inches

1.

2.

3.

Find 3 items that are…About 12 inches

1.

2.

3.

Find 3 items that are…Shorter than a centimeter

1.

2.

3.

Longer, shorter, equal to scavenger huntGo on a scavenger hunt around your house and find 3 items for each description.

Answer Key

Answers will vary