Columbus Rhyming Poem

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Columbus Rhyming Poem

• Directions
• 1. Read poem aloud.
• 2. Reread poem. This time, handout rhyming word
  to students and have them complete the poem when
  their word should be filled in.

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In fourteen hundred ninety-twoColumbus sailed
the ocean ___.
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blue
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• He had three ships and left from SpainHe
  sailed through sunshine, wind and ___.

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rain
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• He sailed by night he sailed by dayHe used
  the stars to find his ____.

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way
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• A compass also helped him knowHow to find the
  way to ___.

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go
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• Ninety sailors were on boardSome men worked
  while others _____.

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snored
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• Then the workers went to sleepAnd others
  watched the ocean _____.

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deep
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• Day after day they looked for landThey dreamed
  of trees and rocks and ____.

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sand
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• October 12 their dream came true,You never saw
  a happier _____!

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crew
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• "Indians! Indians!" Columbus criedHis heart
  was filled with joyful _____.

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pride
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• But "India" the land was notIt was the
  Bahamas, and it was ____.

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hot
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• The Arakawa natives were very niceThey gave
  the sailors food and _____.

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spice
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• Columbus sailed on to find some goldTo bring
  back home, as he'd been ___.

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told
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• He made the trip again and again,Trading gold
  to bring to ______.

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Spain
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• The first American? No, not quite.But
  Columbus was brave, and he was ___.

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bright
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• Poem taken from www.teachingheart.net/columbus.htm