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Sound and Sense in Children's Picturebooks
by W. Nikola-Lisa
Grades | K – 8 |
Type | Journal |
Published | March 1997 |
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Explores (from the point of view of the writer, a children's author) one aspect of learning about language that is present in the picture books he writes: the relation between sound and sense.
Nikola-Lisa, W. "Sound and Sense in Children's Picture Books." Language Arts 74.3 (March 1997): 168-171.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Dr. Seuss's Sound Words: Playing with Phonics and Spelling
Boom! Br-r-ring! Cluck! Moo!Everywhere you turn, you find exciting sounds. Students use these sounds to write their own poems based on Dr. Seuss's Mr. Brown Can MOO! Can You?