Georgia K.T.T.4

K.T.T.4 is a Georgia English Language Arts standard. These are the expectations under it.

• K.T.T.4.a

  Identify poetic techniques used to craft poetic texts, including rhyme. (I)

• K.T.T.4.b

  With adult support, use poetic techniques to create poems that may or may not rhyme. (C)

01

What Students Need to Do

Students notice how poets use rhyme, rhythm, repetition, and sound words. They talk about what these choices add, then try them in spoken, drawn, or written poems.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students can point out rhyme, rhythm, repetition, or sound words in a short poem. They can create a short poem using one technique to show an idea or feeling.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may think every poem must rhyme or that rhyming words must share the same spelling. They may notice repeated words without explaining how repetition adds sound, feeling, or meaning.

04

How to Assess It

Read, “Rain, rain, tap the pane. Rain, rain, falls again.” Ask students to name the repeated word, find the rhymes, and add one line.

1. 01

   Give students picture cards to match into rhyming pairs, then arrange two pairs into a short class poem.

2. 02

   Read a short poem twice and ask, “Which words make the poem sound playful, calm, or loud?”

3. 03

   Play rhyme bingo using picture boards while calling words that rhyme with one pictured item.

4. 04

   Take a schoolyard sound walk, list sounds such as buzz or crunch, and use them in a shared poem.

• 2.T.T.4

  The 2nd Grade version of this standard.

• 1.T.T.4

  The 1st Grade version of this standard.

• 4.T.T.4

  Poetic Techniques Explain, analyze, and use poetic techniques to shape understandings.

• 3.T.T.4

  Poetic Techniques Explain, analyze, and use poetic techniques to shape understandings.