Meet state-specific standards with this unique approach to comprehension! The focus is comprehension; the vehicle is poetry! Explicit teaching instructions make it easy for every teacher to introduce students to poetry in a non-threatening environment. Readers are asked to respond to multiple-choice comprehension questions presented in standardized test format, plus one short answer question. Correlated to state-specific standards, the poems and comprehension activities that follow prepare students for standardized tests that include poetry in the reading assessment sections. Three Things You Need to Know About This Series ? This unique poetry series focuses first on basic comprehension skills through the use of standard, multiple-choice formatted questions. ? Poems and activities have been selected and designed to meet state-specific standards identified on page 5 of each book. ? Teacher's instructions are systematic and explicit, making it easy to introduce and incorporat