Poetry and figurative language are difficult concepts for third graders. My goal is to make it easier for my students to understand and to also make it enjoyable to learn.

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Rhythm and Rhyme all the Time

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School:
Veterans Memorial Elementary 
Subject:
Language Arts 
Teacher:
Laura Cecil 
 
Kara Schaps 
Students Impacted:
44 
Grade:
Date:
July 20, 2023

Investor

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Beth O'Brien - $93.15

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Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 40

Figurative Language is very challenging to understand for third graders. They take each phrase litteraly. Figurative examples used in picture books makes this concept much more understandable. We read these books, looked for examples and wrote our own. Some examples of their writing are in the photos below. Thank you for making this hard  concept easier to learn and more enjoyable to teach.

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metaphor

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idiom

 

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so proud

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Reading one of our new books

 

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Great new poetry book!

 

Original Grant Overview

Goal

Poetry and figurative language are difficult concepts for third graders. My goal is to make it easier for my students to understand and to also make it enjoyable to learn.  

 

What will be done with my students

Third graders are required to understand and identify different types poems, rhythm, rhyme as well as various types of figurative language (metaphor, simile, hyperbole). These standards can be very challenging. The more students are exposed to poetry, the better they will understand it and all the different examples of figurative language. These books will be used all year with at least 2 classes of third graders. They will be read aloud and used as instructional tools.  

 

Benefits to my students

These books will greatly enhance our instruction as well as student comprehension. They will be used for years! 

 

Budget Narrative

All books will be used to help teach poetry and figurative language. 

 

Items

# Item Cost
1 Dogku $16.25
2 Love that Dog $7.00
3 A Full Moon is Rising $13.00
4 Shaking Things Up $11.00
5 You're Toast $8.00
6 Owl Moon $10.60
7 Strong to the Hoop $11.00
8 My Mouth is a Volcano $9.05
9 Snow $7.25
  Total: $93.15

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