A-way to Read

A-way to Read is 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. 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 for parents to use at home to provide extra reading support. There are many different ways to teach through poetry and several ideas are outlined in this book.