I also use Gooney Bird Green and The Guffalo. Do not show pictures and let students draw as you read. Try using music, too. Ruth DeVoll Title One Mesquite, Tx
On 11/4/09 4:34 AM, "Kristin Kincaid" <kristinkinc...@earthlink.net> wrote: I don't know of riddle poems, but I've used the Haiku in the book "If Not for the Cat" by Jack Prelutsky to teach inferencing. I don't show the illustrations and students use the clues to infer what animal the poem is about. The vocabulary is very rich, and I think very appropriate for 4th grade; I used it with 3rd. Kristin -----Original Message----- >From: Maureen Morrissey <mobil...@optonline.net> >Sent: Nov 3, 2009 8:53 PM >To: "'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group'" ><mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> >Subject: [MOSAIC] riddle poems > >A colleague in fourth grade needs a couple of riddle or mystery poems for >introducing inferences...I was hoping someone out there might have a good >source. >Thanks! >Maureen >_______________________________________________ >Mosaic mailing list >Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > >Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
