Minnie Griffin, Language Arts, Oakdale Elementary
Implementing Common Core Standards
200 Word Synopsis
My unit The Man and His Pen: A Study of Langston Hughes and His Poetry for Elementary School Students is designed with the hope of increasing students reading comprehension through their exposure to poetry. With the focus so much on standardized testing and the collection of data, I wanted to find ways for students to apply the traditional reading comprehensions skills and strategies to fun, friendly and non-threatening text. Students who are able to apply skills that they learn in isolation to various genres of text I have found are more apt to improve their ability to better comprehend what they read. Students can use these short, fun-filled pieces of text to begin to learn how to apply reading strategies to increase their comprehension. So, once again this unit is designed to help students increase their reading comprehension, while having fun doing it.
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