Discover Science & Poetry with THIRD GRADE PFA FOR SCIENCE!

Each day this week I will be sharing about the new PFA FOR SCIENCE, brought to you by Sylvia Vardell & Janet Wong, with a host of fine poets contributing!

Here's the schedule:
Monday: KINDERGARTEN
Tuesday: FIRST GRADE
Wednesday: SECOND GRADE
Thursday: THIRD GRADE
Friday: FOURTH GRADE
Saturday: FIFTH GRADE

Each day I will be giving away a copy of the Student Edition for that grade level... and at the end of the week, I will choose one winner from all the commenters via blog/Facebook/Twitter for the K-5 TEACHER edition!

So, THIRD GRADE. Again, the line drawings that accompany the poems in the Student Edition are wonderful and engaging! There's also a Glossary and Index, both of which I find particularly helpful. And I especially appreciate the inclusion of English and Spanish translations of some of the poems. Nice!
Today I've chosen a poem on a subject that's difficult for many of us to talk about:
CANCERby Mary Lee Hahn
Cancer's whatis cells growing wild.
Cancer's whois man, woman, or child.
Cancer's whyis scientists aren't sure.
Cancer's hopeis someday a cure.
Cancer's enemiesare surgery and drugs.
Cancer's helpersare flowers and hugs.
-----I don't know anyone whose life has not been touched somehow by cancer. My father is a five-year cancer survivor and also the administrator at Bismarck Cancer Center in Bismarck, North Dakota. "Hope" is a word that comes up often, and it pleases me to find it in this poem!
In the TEACHER'S EDITION for this poem (p.), Sylvia Vardell has created TAKE FIVE! activities that include: 
Introducing the idea that some poems are seriousInviting students to chime in on those italicized wordsDiscussion about cancer preventionTalk about the role of scientists in finding a cureA reference to other poems about illness/cancer

Good stuff. And yes, I have a Bonus (riddle) Poem in this one... "Disaster Riddle Under Pressure"

GIVEAWAY: Comment here or on Twitter @irene_latham or on my Facebook page! Winners announced daily.