A Giraffe And a Half- Poetry
Title: A Giraffe and a Half
Author/Illustrator: Shel Silverstein
Genre: poetry
Skills/Strategies: Word Recognition, Fluency, and Vocabulary Development
Suffix change in words
Standards
K.RF.3.1: Identify and produce rhyming words
1.RF.3.3: Add, delete, or substitute sounds to change single -‐syllable words.
Content Connections
Rhyming
Come up with words that rhyme
Example Words: • Box-Ox-Fox • Bed-Ed-Sled-Red • Win-In
Talk about symbols/metor/beat/repetition
Students use the computers to explore Shel Silverstein site
Learn about giraffes
Art make black and white drawings
Math-fractions and halves
Other Connections
Or Resources
Other books and stories by Shel Silverstein:
The Giving Tree
Runny Babbit
Where the Sidewalk Ends
A Light in the Attic
The Missing Piece
