MORE Phonics Through Poetry - Activity Book

NOTE: LOOK for related listings: POETRY WORKS! 8 Digital Titles Carefully prepared lessons use the rhythm and rhyme of poetry to teach phonics.  Contains more than 100 read-aloud poems — some by well-known children’s authors, others written specifically for this series — that immerse children in zesty poems to focus attention on selected language sounds.  A well-considered teaching apparatus accompanies each poem: word lists using the targeted sound, a "focusing talk" to cement and extend students’ connection to the poem, and an idea for a hands-on activity.  Photocopy masters supply "letter cards" for sounds the book targets.  Multiple indexes (by a poem’s first line, by title, by sound, and so on) aid ease of use. An illustrated read-aloud anthology of 112 poems and interactive activities featuring 2 or 3 poems for each of these sounds;-Consonant Digraphs (wh, th, sh, ch)-Final Blends (-ft as in left, -mp as in ramp, -nd as in and, -ng as in sing, -nk as in sink, -nt as in ant)-3-let