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The Kettle on Nana's Stove: Reading a Poem Aloud

Grade 3 fluency practice: read an original poem about a whistling kettle aloud with accuracy, a good pace and expression.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRF.3.4.b

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students use punctuation and word clues to read a poem aloud with expression.
Students choose a reading pace that fits the mood of each stanza.
Students reread lines to fix mistakes and read more smoothly.

How to use

Read the poem aloud once as a model, then have students read it to a partner two times before they answer the questions.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RF.3.4.b

Read grade-level prose and poetry aloud with accuracy, an appropriate pace, and expression on repeated readings.

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The Kettle on Nana's Stove: Reading a Poem Aloud

Read a poem aloud with the right voice and pace.

Read the poem

Read the poem aloud two times. Try to make your voice sound like the kettle.

The Kettle on Nana's Stove

1Before the sun comes up, the house is still.
My Nana fills the kettle at the sink until
the water nearly reaches to the top,
then sets it on the stove. Click! Click! Pop!

2At first the kettle doesn't make a sound.
It sits there, shiny, quiet, short, and round.
Then, very softly, comes a tiny hiss,
a whisper like a secret: sss, sss, sss.

3The hiss grows louder. Now it starts to hum.
The lid begins to rattle like a drum.
I hold my breath. I count: one, two, and three...
"Get ready," Nana whispers. "Wait and see!"

4Then WHEEEE! The kettle sings with all its might!
I cover up my ears and hold them tight.
"Hush, kettle!" Nana says. "You'll wake the street!"
She lifts it, and the song goes soft and sweet.

5She pours the steaming water, nice and slow,
for her mint tea and for my cocoa. So
we sit and sip and watch the morning sky
and wave the sleepy moon a soft goodbye.

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