Plum Gum and Other Chunk Poems: Teacher tested kid approved poems for building fluency through phonics - Softcover

Wilson, Adele

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1414054416 ISBN 13: 9781414054414

Verlag: AuthorHouse, 2004

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Plum Gum and Other Chunk Poemsis an entertaining book of poetry written by a teacher for the purpose ofbuilding fluency in young readers.¿Kids love to read the poems because they are funny and written fora child's sense of humor.¿Teachers love the poems because each one is written to emphasize aspecific phonics chunk.¿Parents love the poems because their children become betterreaders.Plum Gum and Other Chunk Poemsis a must have book for every school library, every reading teacher, everyparent who wants to help their child gain reading success, and every child whois discovering the joys of reading.¿ Theclever illustrations add to the enjoyment and make it the perfect book foryoung readers."Adele TolleyWilson has captured the sounds and images of language in a playful andentertaining new poetry collection--I have witnessed requests from whole classesof young children to read Plum Gumpoems again and again . . ."D. Ray Reutzel,Emma Eccles Jones Professor of Early Childhood Education

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Biografía del autor

Adele TolleyWilson discovered the joys of writing as a freshman in college when she wasasked to write a song to introduce the girls in her dorm. When the audienceloved it, she realized the power of words and has been hooked on writing eversince. Adele graduated from BYU in Elementary Education and taught for 25years. Teaching provided her with numerous opportunities to write programs,scripts, tributes, stories, songs and poems. She wrote Plum Gum for a colleague who couldn't find kid friendly poems withenough phonics chunks in them. The poems became an instant success with bothteachers and students and are being used in classrooms throughout the state. Adele was born in Whitefish, Montanaand was raised in Provo, Utahand Grand Junction, Colorado.Her hobbies include storytelling, music, reading and thinking puzzles. Hergreatest source of joy is her family. She is the mother of four...Audrey,Brett, Laura, and Russell Giles. She is married to Craig Wilson, and theycurrently reside in Washington, Utah.About the IllustratorJean HeidemanJones has been drawing from the time she was a small child. Art has alwaysfascinated her, and she quickly discovered she had the ability to capture ideason paper. She was raised in Toquerville, Utah and graduated from BYU in ElementaryEducation. She has taught art lessons through the gifted and talented programin local schools and now teaches private art lessons in her home. Jean enjoys sewing, cooking andreading. She spends most of her time being a full time Mom, and has a steadydiet of PTA. Her four children...April, Amber, Ryan and Amanda think she iswonderful. She is married to Donald Jones and they currently reside in St. George, Utah.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: AuthorHouse
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1414054416
• ISBN 13: 9781414054414
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 112
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