{"id":212,"date":"2011-11-21T23:18:17","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T23:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otacharter.org\/fifthgrade\/?p=212"},"modified":"2013-02-22T13:18:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T21:18:00","slug":"independent-reading-poetry-core-knowledge-reading-list-for-5th-grade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/2011\/11\/21\/independent-reading-poetry-core-knowledge-reading-list-for-5th-grade\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent Reading – POETRY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Core Knowledge Poetry Reading List for 5th Grade
\n<\/strong>Read \u2022 Memorize \u2022 Recite \u2022 Emulate \u2022 Illustrate!\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2nd Quarter Poetry Readings:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

A Wise Old Owl<\/em><\/span>
\nEdward Hersey Richards<\/p>\n

Wise Old Owl<\/span><\/p>\n

A wise old owl sat upon an oak;
\nThe more he saw the less he spoke;
\nThe less he spoke the more he heard;
\nWhy aren’t we like that wise old bird?<\/span><\/p>\n

Edward Hersey Richards<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alfred, Lord \u00a0 \u00a0Tennyson<\/p><\/div>\n

The Eagle<\/em><\/a>: A Fragment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
\nAlfred, Lord Tennyson<\/p>\n

Opposites<\/em><\/span>: A Selection
\nRichard Wilbur<\/p>\n

The Arrow and the Song<\/em><\/span>
\nHenry Wadsworth Longfellow<\/p>\n

I Hear America Singing<\/em><\/span>
\nWalt Whitman<\/p>\n

See below for texts of each poem….<\/em><\/p>\n

3rd Quarter Poetry Readings<\/strong>:<\/span><\/h2>\n

I, Too<\/em><\/span>
\nLangston Hughes<\/p>\n


\nIncident<\/em><\/span>
\nCountee Cullen<\/p>\n

Narcissa<\/em><\/span>
\nGwendolyn Brooks<\/p>\n

The Snowstorm<\/em><\/span>
\nRalph Waldo Emerson<\/p>\n

I like to see it lap the Miles<\/em><\/span>
\nEmily Dickinson<\/p>\n

4th Quarter Poetry Readings<\/strong>:<\/span><\/h2>\n

A Bird came down the walk<\/em><\/span>
\nEmily Dickinson<\/p>\n

The Road Not Taken<\/em><\/span>
\nRobert Frost<\/p>\n

The Tyger<\/em><\/span>
\nWilliam Blake<\/p>\n

A Poison Tree<\/em><\/span>
\nWilliam Blake<\/p>\n

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How to Earn Credit for each Core Knowledge Poetry Project…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Fill in Your 5W Poetry Star*: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n