Abstract:
Snack Attack and Other Poems for Developing Fluency in Beginning Readers contains 20 classroom tested humorous poems that support readers in Kindergarten through Grade 3 in the development of fluency, sight vocabulary, decoding and spelling. Each poem is accompanied by a Teacher’s Guide with recommended discussion questions, word cards for children to use in word sorts, a word making activity and a cloze version of the poem to support reading and spelling development. A suggested instructional sequence is provided to help teachers use the poems effectively in developing important reading abilities. These entertaining poems engage children in the work of learning to read.