A-way to Read

Based on the science of reading and covers many common core standards

This first edition of A-way to Read contains decodable poetry created to help teach decoding skills, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, and confidence in growing readers.

Each poem focuses on a specific word family, vowel, digraph, blend, or word pattern. The poem's title is the sound that is being focused on. Readers can circle words with the sound in focus, underline, highlight, or draw to help with comprehension Several different teaching strategies are provided at the beginning of the book. These poems were created for children to be able to read over and over again, building their confidence and passion for reading. At the end of the book, you will find a word list for each sound/pattern.

There is also a list of words with two, three, four, and five phonemes, which is extremely useful in teaching phonemic awareness. This book was designed for teachers to use as part of their classroom instruction, in whole group, small group, or individually. It can also be used by reading specialists, tutors, interventionists, or parents to provide extra reading support. There are many different ways to teach through poetry and several ideas are outlined in this book. Learn to read with decodable poetry