Poetry reading comprehension practice is engaging for students and no-prep for you with this print and digital resource! Students will love reading these short, high-interest poems and answering the accompanying comprehension questions. This resource makes a great addition to a poetry unit or to use for test prep anytime during the year!

Each of the 8 poems includes 2 questions covering a variety of comprehension and word analysis skills. The poems are approximately at a fourth grade level.

You'll receive TWO versions of the fiction passages and questions:

• a digital, self-checking set of 16 task cards hosted on Boom Learning℠. These are completely online - no printing, cutting, or laminating! Students will practice TEI skills like drag-and-drop and selecting answer choices!
• a multiple choice printable PDF with one poem per page - and BONUS questions for each since I had a little extra room! Answer keys are included.

Skills covered include:

• identifying the speaker of the poem
• identifying cause and effect relationships
• summarizing events
• identifying sensory words
• identifying the conflict
• drawing conclusions and making simple inferences
• describing how the choice of language, setting, and characters contributes to the development of plot
• locating “right there” answers
• explaining the author’s purpose
• using knowledge of context clues, root words and affixes, homophones, and word reference materials

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Recommended Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5

Number of Pages: 17

Number of Boom Cards: 16

Supported Standards: Virginia English SOL 4.4, 4.5

What Teachers Are Saying:

"My students love this resource! They had so much fun using the interactive online activity during our distance learning. It was a great review of poetry. I loved that you could still print the activity if needed." - Katherine

"I used this resource in a small group with my students who needed enrichment with poetry and the higher level thinking questions were perfect for what I was looking for." - Kelsey

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