Digital Text Set by J. Bickel https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a Janelle Bickel en-us 2017-03-22 00:58:12 UTC 2025-12-15 18:33:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png Alphabears jbickel0330 https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165503969 Authors, Kathleen and Michael Hague,  created a well written book that introduces children to the alphabet as well as the use of alliteration. This book is great for developing phonemic awareness and familiar spelling patterns.

Hauge, K. (1984). Alphabears. New York: Henry Holt.

(Janelle Bickel)]]> 2017-04-08 12:38:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165503969 Zoomerang-a-boomerang. Poems to make your belly laugh jbickel0330 https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165504549 This book is filled with many poems that children would love.

Teachers can use the book to teach rhyme patterns and letter sound patterns.

Parry, C. (1991). Zommerang-a-boomerang. Poems to make your belly laugh. New York: Puffin Books.

(Janelle Bickel)]]> 2017-04-08 12:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165504549 There's a wocket in my pocket jbickel0330 https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165504797 Dr. Seuss's characters have found nonsense creatures around the house.
This book can be used to teach initial sounds and substitutions.
A great book to explore language play and rhymes!

Seuss. Dr. (1974). There's a Wocket in my Pocket. New York: Random House.

(Janelle Bickel)]]> 2017-04-08 12:58:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165504797 How Rocket Learned to Read jbickel0330 https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165505268 In this story a yellow bird teaches a dog named Rocket how to read.

Teachers can use this book to encourage children to read. This book would also be helpful in teaching children to sound out letters and blend letters to read a word.

Hills, T. (2010). How Rocket Learned to Read. New York: Random House.

(Janelle Bickel)]]> 2017-04-08 13:08:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165505268 Moo Hoo jbickel0330 https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165505891 Cow and Owl are best friends and throughout the story they do everything together. One day another playmate shows up and they learn that three is better than two.

Since it displays repetitive sound pattern, teachers can use this book to teach the double oo sound pattern. 

Ryan, C. (2012). Moo Hoo. New York: Walker Books.

(Janelle Bickel)]]> 2017-04-08 13:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165505891 Silent Letters Loud and Clear jbickel0330 https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165506255 Mr. Wright's class thinks silent letters should be banned from spelling because it makes it too difficult to spell certain words. However, when the letters they write go on strike, the students realize how important the letters really are.

This book would be a wonderful book to introduce the VCe sound pattern.

Pulver, R. (2008). Silent Letters Loud and Clear. New York: Holiday House.

(Janelle Bickel)

]]> 2017-04-08 13:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165506255 The Peaches on the Beaches jbickel0330 https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165507000 Brian Clearly, writes a book using wacky sentences to teach children about inflectional endings.

Teachers can use this book to not only teach inflectional endings but to demonstrate rhyme and repetitiveness.

Clearly, B. (2008). The Peaches on the Beaches. Minneapolis, MN: Millbrook Press.

(Janelle Bickel)

]]> 2017-04-08 13:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165507000 The Clown in the Gown Drive the Car with the Star jbickel0330 https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165507572 Another humorous story told by Brian Clearly that focuses on the r-controlled sound pattern.

This books could be used by teachers to teach the r-controlled sound pattern, diphthongs, and rhyme.

Clearly, B. (2009). The Clown in the Gown Drives the Car with the Star.  Minneapolis, MN: Millbrook Press. 

(Janelle Bickel)]]> 2017-04-08 13:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165507572 Let's Go on a Museum Hunt jbickel0330 https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165508683 This book is about two little kids, Charlie and Katie who help out their friend Dr. Green with putting away certain items around the museum. There's only one problem, the children have to put away the items  with only the clues that Dr. Green left them on a piece of paper.

Teachers can use this book to teach long vowels a, o, e. It also can be used to teach inflectional endings -ed, high frequency words, and sight words.

Alexander, F. & Hechinger, N. (1998). Let's Go on a Museum Hunt. New York: Scholastic

(Janelle Bickel)]]> 2017-04-08 14:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165508683 Marty Marley's Mighty Mountain jbickel0330 https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165510089 Marty and his family move to a new house. He claims that the dirt pile in his backyard is his mountain and refuses for his mother to remove it.

This book displays tongue twisters that teachers can use to teach vowels, vocabulary, and sight words.

Labairon, C. (2008). Marty Marley's Mighty Mountain. Mankato, MN: Picture Window Books.

(Janelle Bickel)]]> 2017-04-08 14:45:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165510089 PALS jbickel0330 https://padlet.com/jbickel0330/ingne00tf13a/wish/165511020 This website is a great resource for phonological awareness activities.

https://pals.virginia.edu/activities-LS-or-k.html

(Janelle Bickel)

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