Where the Sidewalk Ends, Pancake?

Where The Sidewalk Ends

Pancake?, pg. 34.

Author: Shel Silverstein

Copyright 1974

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Interest Level: Grades 3 – 5

Reading Level

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.9

DRA: 40

Guided Reading: Q

Delivery: whole group read-aloud and individual (for those who want to look through further poems.)

Summary:

Pancake?

Who wants a pancake,

Sweet and piping hot?

Good little Grace looks up and says,

“I’ll take the one on top.”

Who else wants a pancake,

Fresh off the griddle?

Terrible Theresa smiles and says,

“I’ll take the one in the middle.”

Electronic Resources:

To create their own “talking poem” : http://www.voki.com

Vocabulary:

1.    Griddle: heated cooking surface.

ELA Teaching Suggestions

Comprehensions

Before Reading:

-After students have started their poetry unit.

-Tell students you are going to be reading aloud an example poem.

-Show students the page in the book that you will be reading
 -Point out the title of the poem and the picture to go with the verses.

-Literal Question: Since the title of the poem is Pancake?, what do you think this is? (point to drawn stack of pancakes on the page)

During:

-Go over the concept of “rhyme” and word patterns.

-Have students tally and keep track of words that rhyme and sound similar.

-Pause at words and phrases that students may struggle with such as: “piping hot” and “griddle.”

After Reading and Writing Activity:

-Explain to students that they are going to construct their own short poem.

-Students will write their poem down and draft it twice, to lead to a final copy.

-Then after constructing their poem, they must use Voki, to give their poem a face and voice.
Poem Guidelines: 
-Students are given the option to create a "found poem from a page of their favorite book." (Page will be photocopied.)
-Poem must be at least 5 lines long. 
-Voki character must relate to poem.