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If It Were Up To Me—Poem Worksheet

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  • 3
Standards
  • RF.3.4.B
  • RL.3.5
  • RL.3.6
  • RL.3.10
  • SL.3.5
  • SL.2.5
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About the "If It Were Up To Me" Worksheet

If It Were Up To Me is an engaging poetry-based worksheet designed to enhance reading comprehension and critical thinking skills for third-grade students. This interactive and printable worksheet features a whimsical poem that explores a child's fantastical ideas about how they would change the world if given the chance. The poem's structure, with its repetitive opening phrase "If it were up to me," creates a rhythmic flow that aids in reading fluency and memorization.

The worksheet is divided into two pages. The first page contains the full poem, which students are instructed to read aloud and record. This task helps develop oral reading skills and pronunciation. The second page presents three thought-provoking questions that encourage students to analyze the poem's content, interpret the author's intentions, and relate the ideas to their own experiences. These questions promote deeper engagement with the text and foster critical thinking skills, allowing students to explore themes of authority, responsibility, and personal preferences in a fun and accessible way.

What will your child learn through this worksheet?

  • Reading comprehension and analysis of poetry
  • Oral reading skills and fluency
  • Critical thinking and interpretation of literary themes
  • Self-reflection and opinion formation

Learning Outcomes

Cognitive

  • Students will read and comprehend a poem with 95% accuracy, as demonstrated through their recorded reading
  • Students will analyze the poem's content by answering comprehension questions with at least 80% correctness

Psychomotor

  • Students will demonstrate proper use of recording technology to capture their reading of the poem
  • Students will read the poem aloud with appropriate rhythm and intonation, as assessed by the teacher

Affective

  • Students will express their personal opinions about the poem's ideas in a written response
  • Students will demonstrate engagement with the poem's themes by relating them to their own experiences

Interpersonal/Social

  • Students will participate in a class discussion about the poem, sharing their interpretations and listening to others' viewpoints
  • Students will practice giving and receiving constructive feedback on their recorded readings in pairs or small groups

Tags

Poetry analysis, reading comprehension, oral reading, critical thinking, self-reflection, imaginative writing, third-grade worksheet, interactive learning, recording practice, opinion formation

Common Core Standards Covered

RF.3.4.b
Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
RL.3.10
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
RL.3.5
Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
RL.3.6
Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
SL.2.5
Create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
SL.3.5
Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.

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