Days of the Week Come along and say this with me,
There are seven days you see.
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday too.
Wednesday, Thursday just for you.
Friday, Saturday that's the end,
Tomorrow we’ll say it once again!
WHEN I GET STUCK When I get stuck on a word in a book,
There are lots of things I can do.
I can do them all, please, by myself;
I don't need help from you.
I can look at the picture to get a hint.
Or think what the story's about.
I can "get my mouth ready" to say the first letter.
A kind of "sounding out".
I can chop up the words into smaller parts,
Like on or ing or ly,
Or find smaller words in compound words
Like raincoat and bumblebee.
I can think of a word that makes sense in that place,
Guess or say "blank" and read on
Until the sentence has reached its end,
Then go back and try these on:
"Does it make sense?"
"Can we say it that way?"
"Does it look right to me?"
Chances are the right word will pop out like the sun
In my own mind, can't you see?
If I've thought of and tried out most of these things
And I still do not know what to do,
Then I may turn around and ask
For some help to get me through.
Jill Marie Warner
LOOK AT THE PICTURES Look at the pictures, still no clue?
Read it again all the way through.
When you get to the place where you are stuck,
Get your mouth ready and the word pops up!
(AND NOW... let's check it)
Think about the word you're trying to say.
Does it make good sense? Does it sound okay?
Do all the letters look right to you?
These are the things good readers do!
(STILL CAN'T GET IT?)
Read it again all the way through.
When you come to the tricky part, don't get blue.
Get your mouth ready but go on by.
Read to the end then give it a try.
(AND NOW...let's check it again)
Think about the word you're trying to say
Does it make good sense? Does it sound okay?
Do all the letters look right to you?
These are the things good readers do!
Clifford On top of a doghouse
Just cut from a log
Lies a big red and lovable
Clifford the dog.
He's playful and friendly,
With all of the kids.
Though he can make us ornery,
We forgive things he did.
So, if you like puppies,
Brown, big, spotted, small
We know you'll love Clifford,
The best of them all!!!
C - L - I - F (spelled)
F - O - R - D
Clifford, Clifford,
He's the dog for me!
He's BIG and he's RED and he EATS a lot!
He's the best friend that I have got!
From - Melissa Tonnessen
CLIFFORD RAP A Poem about Clifford by Siri Christiansen
Clifford, Clifford, you're a good friend
Emily Elizabeth, I like children
Razzle dazzle and clap, clap, clap
Emily and Clifford do the friendship rap.
Clifford, Clifford I do like you
Emily Elizabeth, I like you too
Razzle dazzle and clap, clap, clap
Emily and Clifford do the friendship rap.
Clifford, Clifford do you want to play?
Emily Elizabeth, I do! Hurray!
Razzle dazzle and clap, clap, clap
Emily and Clifford do the friendship rap.
Clifford, Clifford, come on let's run
Emily Elizabeth, we're having fun
Razzle dazzle and clap, clap, clap
Emily and Clifford do the friendship rap.
Clifford, Clifford you're nice to me
Emily Elizabeth, you are friendly
Razzle dazzle and clap, clap, clap
Emily and Clifford do the friendship rap!
My Name By Lee Bennett Hopkins
I wrote my name on the sidewalk
But the rain washed it away.
I wrote my name on my hand
But the soap washed it away.
I wrote my name on the birthday card
I gave to Mother today
And there it will stay
For Mother never throws
ANYTHING
Of mine away!
Books I like books
I really do.
Books with stories
And pictures, too.
Books of birds
And things that grow.
Books of people
We should know.
Books of animals
And places, too.
I like books
I really do!
Words
There are some words so hard to read.
Some confuse like bead and seed.
Do you know of go and dough?
There's sew and sow, then there's so!
Sometimes a word is hard to spell.
But it's important for show and tell.
So work real hard to spell and read 'em.
'Cause all your life you'll really need 'em.
A mother's love, a sunny day,
A frisky puppy hard at play.
Words can chase the clouds away.
Without our words, what would we say?
-Grandpa Tucker
Hello Book! by N.M. Bodecker
Hello book!
What are you up to?
Keeping yourself to yourself,
shut in between your covers,
a prisoner high on a shelf.
come in book!
What is your story?
Haven't you ever been read?
Did you think
I would just pass by you
And pick me a comic instead?
No way book!
I'm your reader
I open you up.
Set you free.
Listen, I know a secret!
Will you share your secrets with me?
Pass The Poems, Please By Jane Baskwill
Pass the poems please
Pile them on my plate
Put them right in front of me
For I can hardly wait
To take each tangy word
To try each tasty rhyme
And when I've tried them once or twice
I'll try them one more time:
So pass the poems please
They just won't leave my head
I have to have more poems
Before I go to bed.
Read By Ann Turner
Do you remember
learning to read?
That book full of squiggles
like ants, escaped.
the teacher's big thumb
on the page,
your heart beating inside
afraid that all you'd ever see
was ants---
Then a word popped out.
"See," and another, "cat,"
and my finger on teacher's
we read "I see cat."
I ran around the room
so happy I saw words
instead of ants.
Independent Strategies
When I get stuck on a word in a book,
There are lots of things I can do.
I can do them all, please, by myself;
I don't need help from you.
I can look at the picture to get a hint.
Or think what the story's about.
I can "get my mouth ready" to say the first letter.
A kind of "sounding out".
I can chop up the words into smaller parts,
Like on or ing or ly,
Or find smaller words in compound words
Like raincoat and bumblebee.
I can think of a word that makes sense in that place,
Guess or say "blank" and read on
Until the sentence has reached its end,
Then go back and try these on:
"Does it make sense?"
"Can we say it that way?"
"Does it look right to me?"
Chances are the right word will pop out like the sun
In my own mind, can't you see?
If I've thought of and tried out most of these things
And I still do not know what to do,
Then I may turn around and ask
For some help to get me through.
Jill Marie Warner
Reading Strategies Song Look at the pictures, still no clue?
Read it again all the way through.
When you get to the place where you are stuck,
Get your mouth ready and the word pops up!
(AND NOW... let's check it)
Think about the word you're trying to say.
Does it make good sense? Does it sound okay?
Do all the letters look right to you?
These are the things good readers do!
(STILL CAN'T GET IT?)
Read it again all the way through.
When you come to the tricky part, don't get blue.
Get your mouth ready but go on by.
Read to the end then give it a try.
(AND NOW...let's check it again)
Think about the word you're trying to say
Does it make good sense? Does it sound okay?
Do all the letters look right to you?
These are the things good readers do!
Now That I Can Read
I used to need somebody
To sit and read to me.
I'd look at every page they read
And listen carefully.
But now that I am in first grade,
I'm filling up a shelf
With stories, poems, and other books
That I can read myself.
Funny Words
English has some funny words
They give my mind the jitters
They sound the same to you and me,
But are spelled with different letters.
There's see and sea
Ans be and bee
It's terrible confusing!
There's new and knew
And through and threw.
It's really not amusing!
There's deer and dear
And here and hear.
It's horribly disturbing!
There's there and their
And bare and bear.
It's really most perturbing!
English is a Pain (Pane)
Rain, reign, rein
English is a pain.
Although the words
Sound just alike,
The spelling's not the same.
Bee, be, b
I'd rather climb a tree
Than learn to spell
The same old word,
Not just one way, but three!
Sight, site, cite,
I try with all my might.
No matter which
I finally choose,
It's not the one that's right!
There, their, they're,
Enough to mak you swear.
Too many ways
To write the one sound,
I just don't think it's fair!
To, two, too
So what's a kid to do!
I think I'll go
To live on Mars
And leave this mess with ewe!
(you?)
Read to me Jane Yolen
Read to me riddles and read to me rhymes
Read to me stories of magical times
Read to me tales about castles and kings
Read to me stories of fabulous things
Read to me pirates and read to me knights
Read to me dragons and dragon-book fights
Read to me spaceships and cowboys and then
When you are finished- please read them again.
How To Eat A Poem by Eve Merriam
Don't be polite.
Bite in.
Pick it up and eat the juice that may run down your chin.
It is ready and ripe now whenever you are.
You do not need a knife or fork or spoon
or plate or napkin or tablecloth
For there is no core
or stem
or rind
or pit
or seed
to throw away.
Adventures with Books Books are ships that sail the seas
To lands of snow or jungle trees
And I'm the captain bold and free
Who will decide which place we'll see
Come let us sail the magic ship
Books are trains in many lands
Crossing hills or desert sands
And I'm the engineer who guides
The train on its exciting rides.
Come, let us ride the magic train
Books are zoos that make a home
For birds and beasts not free to roam
And I'm the keeper of the zoo
I choose the things to show to you
Come, let us visit in a zoo
Books are gardens, fairies, elves
Cowboys and people like ourselves
And I can find with one good look
Just what I want inside a book
Come, let us read! For reading's fun!
The Poet Says by Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz
A poem is a part of me-
A part of me you do not see
You see my head
You see my hind
But you can't see what's in my mind
So I must write that part of me
The part of me you cannot see
I take some paper,
A pencil, or pen
To write what's in my mind and then...
You have a poem
To read and...see!
I've given you
A part of me
Open A Book By Jane Baskwill
Open a book
And you will find
People and places of every kind
Open a book
And you can be
Anything that you want to be:
Open a book
And you can share
Wondrous worlds you find in there
Open a books
And I will too
You read to me
And I'll read to you.
Students write their own poems about where they read.
Reading In a bath, or a bus, or a bed,
In a shower, or a shop, or a shed,
On a plane, or a picnic in the park,
At the dawn, of the day, or the dark
On a train, or the trunk of a tree,
In a street, or the sand by the sea,
In a car, or a coach, or a chair
Sit and read a book ANYWHERE !
The Anholts
