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Word Identification Strategies:  Building Phonics into a Classroom Reading Program by Barbara J. Fox

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Word Identification Strategies:  Building Phonics into a Classroom Reading Program by Barbara J. Fox

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This is a good reference book for the elementary classroom teacher who wants to help students be more effective in helping them learn to read and spell.

Fox, B. J. (2012).  Word Identification Strategies:  Building Phonics into a Classroom Reading Program.  Boston:  Pearson.

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Snappy lyrics to familiar songs touch on everything that goes on at

school.  This book can be incorporated into the classroom to teach

multisyllable words, rhythm in the words helps students make

connections.

Katz, A. (2008).  Smelly Locker . New York:  Margaret K. McElderry

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The dog accepts the new cat who comes to live at his house after some playful activities together.

This is useful for modeling concepts of print and early phonemic awareness.

Axworthy, A. (1993).  Along Came Toto.  New York:  McGraw Hill.

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Decodable story where animals are in a band.  Good for teaching word families and ending blends in the classroom.

Beauregard, D. (2011). Jazz Band.

New York:  McGraw Hill.

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A poem called "Soap Bubble" is used to have students name B words with two syllables.  Another poem titled "Fog" focuses on the -og letter pattern.

Students can be encouraged to make new words that rhyme by changing the onset.

Duch, M.C. (1997).  Poems to Grow On. Torrance:  Fearon Teacher Aids.

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Dr. Seuss' imaginative characters and pictures engage students in repetitive word patterns while the kids hop on pop.

Repeated text, word family, and letter sound patterns are in this book to build phonemic awareness.

Geissel, T. (1991).  Hop on Pop.  Toronto:  Random House.

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The little yellow bird teaches Rocket how to read simple words in this book. Pictures correspond to the words and children associate these together in the classroom.  This teaches basic in a fun way.

Hills, T. (2013).  Rocket's Mighty Words.  New York:  Random House.

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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

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This book is about a boy who woke up with gum in his hair and his day just got worse.

In this book, teachers can use sound symbol relationships when discussing the poems.  It

helps them build vocabulary of words they can recognize while reading.

Viorst, J. (1972).  Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.  New York: Aladdin.

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A book of 50 hilarious poems about school by well known poets.  There is lots of word repetition, picture cues, rhyming for teaching word patterns, letter sound correspondence in the classroom.  Students can identify new words by noticing shared letter groups.

Lansky, B. (2006). My Teacher's in Detention.  Minnetonka: Meadowbrook Press

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The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky

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The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky

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This book is full of 100 quirky poems about things you never thought about that entertain and engage young students.

Students will want to hear them read repeatedly.  This book includes skills that are covered in elementary classrooms such as rhyming words, word endings, and can be used for students to write their own poems using the same patterns as models.

Prelutsky, J. (1984). The New Kid on the Block. New York: Greenwillow Books.