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Features

  • Two poems with rhyme, repeated lines and same first sounds
  • Two short plays with a cast, stage directions and The End
  • How should a character sound? Questions for each play
  • Questions on what sounds add to a poem
  • Answer keys included

Skills Covered

  • Find rhyme, repetition and same first sounds
  • Tell what sounds add to a poem
  • Read a play in parts
  • Speak in a character's voice

How to Use This Pack

Each poem and play comes with a page of questions after it. Pages 1 to 4 are two poems; pages 5 to 8 are two plays to read aloud in parts, one reader for each character and one for the narrator.

In the Classroom

Read each poem aloud together and clap on the rhyming words. For the plays, hand out parts and read twice: once to learn the words, then again in each character's voice, using the directions in ( ).

At Home

Read a play together, each taking parts, and try a line in a happy, a sleepy and an angry voice.

Tips for Success

  • Rhyming words end with the same sound
  • A repeated line ties a poem together
  • Words in ( ) tell how to say a line
  • The name before a line tells who says it

Poems and Plays for 2nd Grade

2nd Grade

Two poems of our own and two short plays to read aloud in parts: The Little Red Hen and The Lion and the Mouse. Students find rhyme, repeated lines and words that start with the same sound, and decide how each character would say a line.

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What’s Included

  • 2 poems with questions
  • 2 plays with questions
  • Answer keys
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