The Voice of the Glacier and other poems

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Book meta-data

Reading Box: Sapphire (Levels 29-30)
Year: Five
Fiction/Nonfiction: Fiction
Theme/Topic: Earth science, Environment, Geography, Natural disasters, Science and technology
Genre: Poetry
Strategy/Skills: Determining main ideas, Making predictions, Summarising
Page Count: 16
Reading Level: 29
Item Code: 200191
High Frequency Words:
Curriculum Codes: ACELA1479, ACELA1486, ACELT1594, ACELT1596, ACELT1599, ACELT1600, ACELY1678, ACELY1679, ACELY1680, ACELA1489, ACELA1490, ACELT1602, ACELT1604, ACELT1605, ACELT1606, ACELY1690, ACELY1692, ACELA1504, ACELA1797, ACELA1512, ACELT1608, ACELT1795, ACELY1698, ACELY1701, ACELY1702, ACELY1703

Reader Description

This collection of poems explores how the forces of nature shape our world.

After you have completed the Reader

The poems in this collection are about natural forces. Those on pages 4 and 5 are haiku. Write your own haiki about another force described in the collection. There will be three lines in your haiku - the first and third lines will have five syllables. The middle line will have seven syllables. Share your haiku with your family.

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