2. Objective: Students will read and determine the order in a poem, using number words and rhyme as clues.

3. Materials required: Leaf poem provided in the book, Shortcuts for Teaching Reading Comprehension, by Flora Joy.

4. Resources: Shortcuts for Teaching Reading Comprehension, by Flora Joy.

5. Teacher Directions: Cut out the pieces to the leaf poem. Optional: glue them to leaf shapes, laminate. Put velcro or magnetic strip on the back of each. on the back.

6. Student Directions: Here is a poem about leaves. Use the number words and the rhymes to help you put the poem in order on the velcro board.

7. THIS POEM is copyrighted, so I won't publish it here. ANY of the classic rhyming counting poems would work for this activity!