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Week 12 · Same and Different

Thursday

A poem and a story
// Compare two texts, rhyme and rhythm, and a big review
⏱ about 15 min

Thursday: A poem and a story

Chris the Coyote looks up at the evening sky.

"I have a poem and a story tonight," he says.

"They are both about the same night walk."

Riley the Raccoon lifts his lantern. "Will they sound the same?" he asks.

"Listen and see," says Chris with a wink.

Learn it: poem or story?

A poem has short lines. It often has rhyme and a beat.

A story has sentences. Characters may talk to each other.

A poem and a story can be about the same thing.

Freddy asks: What is the same in both? He looks back. The lantern!

Read it
Night on the Trail, a poem
The moon is up, the sky is deep,
The Tomorrow Trail is half asleep.
Riley swings his lantern low,
Down the path the friends all go.
Stars like sparkles, white and bright,
Good night, trail, and sweet good night.
Read it
Night on the Trail, a story
The moon came up over Fern Hollow.
Riley the Raccoon held his lantern low.
He led his friends down the quiet trail.
Stars sparkled above the tall trees.
Donnie the Deer stopped to look up at them.
"The sky looks like a quilt of lights," he said softly.
At the end of the trail, everyone said good night.
CHECK IT: THE POEM AND THE STORY
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Who carries the lantern in both texts?
Which text has a character who talks?
Which text has rhyming words?
What did Donnie say the sky looked like?
SAME OR DIFFERENT?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
The friends walk down the trail at night.
The text has rhyme and a beat.
The friends say good night at the end.
Which word in the poem rhymes with low?
SentenceTrue or false?
The poem and the story are about the same night.?
The poem has long sentences and talking.?
In the story, Donnie stops to look at the stars.?
Bright and night rhyme.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEThe poem has short lines and rhyme. The story has sentences and talking.
Try it
Read the poem to a grown-up in a soft night voice.
Then read the story.
Tell which one you liked hearing more, and why.

Word Spot: leave, family, it's

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Leave: L-E-A-V-E.

Family: F-A-M-I-L-Y.

It's: I-T-S.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
We will ___ after lunch.
A ___ of ducks swam by.
Look, ___ snowing!

Lovely reading! Tomorrow is the big Story Trail game with everyone.

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