Phonics Through Poetry: Teaching Phonemic Awareness Using Poetry

Phonics Through Poetry: Teaching Phonemic Awareness Using Poetry by Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781596470194.

By Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz. Carefully prepared lessons use the rhythm and rhyme of poetry to teach phonics. This books 115 read-aloud poems from well-known childrens authors like Norma Farber, Maurice Sendak, John Ciardi, and Jack Prelutsky, others written specially for this book, immerse children in particular language sounds again and again, in word after word, within an exciting context. Each poem comes with teaching apparatus comprising word lists using the targeted sound to cement and extend students connection to the poem, and an idea for a hands-on activity. Multiple indexes (by the poems first line, by title, by sound, and so on) aid ease of use. GDY405.