This 5-day read-aloud unit focuses on teaching poetry through the use of the picture book A Stick is an Excellent Thing by Marilyn Singer. You will need a copy of this book for use throughout the unit.
The unit includes five 35-minute lessons as outlined on the sample pacing calendar. This is just a suggested format and can be adapted to fit your instructional format and students’ needs. 
The instructions for each day’s lesson are followed by the corresponding student pages that tie in with each of the daily lessons. Detailed instructions for these pages are included within the daily lesson plans.
This unit contains pieces for an interactive notebook. However, if you do not use interactive notebooks, you can use the pages as printables instead.
Unit Includes:
- Daily lesson plans
- Interactive notebook pieces
- Written response
- Color-by-Code activity
- Poetry craft
- Assessment
STANDARDS:
SECOND GRADE
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. - CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.4
Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song. - CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.6
Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe. 
THIRD GRADE
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.1
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. - CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. - CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.5
Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. - CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.7
Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is being conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)
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