Book Genre: Academic, Animals, Childrens, Environment, Fiction, Humor, Juvenile, Nature, Picture Books, Poetry, School, Storytime Students could be given a poem to memorize or read if they were unable to memorize and present them to the class. Younger grades could get to bring in a stuffed animal that correlated with the animal in the poem. I would have stuffed animals available to those students who were not able to bring one from home.

Sentence Fluency- This books shows different ways to rhyme while writing a poem. Some poems have rhyming words every other line. Some poems have rhyming words in the 1st and 4th line and then rhyming words in the 2nd and 3rd line. This is a great way for students to see there are no set rules when it come to writing poetry.There’s a rumble in the jungle, there’s a whisper in the trees...” This is a lovely little descriptive, rhyming book about jungle animals. As you read this book you work your way through the jungle, encountering the different animals along the way: the chimpanzee, the lion, the elephant, and so on… And with each animal there is a short poem of 4-5 lines describing their character. I find this book a really enjoyable read, it flows well and the illustrations are vibrant!

Join this rhyming safari and meet everyone from the elphing elephant to the gangly giraffe, and maybe even the terrible tiger! Rumble in the Jungle by Giles Andreae – eBook Details

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Some of these poems are written in the outline of an animal. Students could draw the outline of an animal and write their own poem about whatever animal they chose. If drawing an outline of an animal was too difficult they could simply write a poem about an animal and then draw a picture of the animal next to their poem.

These ideas are for students younger than 4th grade. The reading level of this book is 4th grade. I would read the poems to the students. My daughter's 4 year old story hour class used these poems and it worked out wonderfully.