Millbrook Press, 1959, -36 pages-
ISBN 978-0-8225-7639-6Dear Parents and Educators,
As a former adult literacy coach and the father of three
children, I know that learning to read isn’t always easy. That’s
why I developed Sounds Like Reading™—a series that uses a
combination of devices to help children learn to read.
This book is the eighth in the Sounds Like Reading™ series.
It uses rhyme, repetition, illustration, and phonics to introduce
young readers to diphthongs—vowel sound combinations in which
the sound of one letter glides into the other, as in toy —and
r-controlled vowels—vowels in which the sound changes because of
the presence of the r, such as the a in star.
Starting on page 4, you’ll see three rhyming words on each lefthand
page. These words are part of the sentence on the facing
page. They all feature a diphthong or an r-controlled vowel. As the
book progresses, the sentences become more challenging. These
sentences contain a discovery word—an extra rhyming word in
addition to those that appear on the left. Toward the end of the
book, the sentences contain two discovery words. And for an extra
challenge, the final sentence in this book contains three! Children
will delight in the increased confidence that finding and decoding
the discovery words will bring. They’ll also enjoy looking for the
mouse that appears throughout the book. The mouse asks readers
to look for words that sound alike.
The bridge to literacy is one of the most important we will ever
cross. It is my hope that the Sounds Like Reading™
series will help young readers
to hop, gallop, and skip from
one side to the other!
Sincerely,
Brian P. Clearly
