Additional Resources

Alphabet Books

• Azarian, Mary. A Farmer’s Alphabet
• Calmenson, Stephanie. It Begins With an A
• Campbell Ernst, Lisa. The Letters Are Lost
• Chwast, Seymour. Alphabet Parade
• Dr. Suess. Dr. Suess’s ABC
• Ehlert, Lois. Eating the Alphabet
• Glaser, Byron, & Neumeier, Marty. Action Alphabet
• Kirk, David. Miss Spider’s ABC
• Pashuk, Lauren. Fun From A-Z
• Schwager, Istar. Active Minds Alphabet

Rhyming Books

• Connelly, Luella. Bears, Bears, Everywhere
• Dr. Suess. Green Eggs and Ham
• Florian, Douglas. A Summer Day
• Florian, Douglas. A Winter Day
• Martin, Bill Jr. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
• Guarino, Deborah. Is Your Mama a Llama?
• Hoberman, Mary Ann. A House is a House for Me
• Morrison, Bill. Squeeze a Sneeze
• Parkes, Brenda. Crunchy Munchy
• Silverstein, Shel. A Giraffe and a Half

Other Books

• Cuyler, M. That’s Good! That’s Bad
• Degan, B. Jamberry
• Duke, K. Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One
• Geraghty, P. Over the Steamy Swamp
• Hay, E. Silly Sarah
• Joyce, W. Dinosaur Bob
• Martin, B. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
• Mayer, M. What Do You Do With a Kangaroo?
• Numeroff, L. If you Give a Moose a Muffin
• Turkle, B. Do Not Open

INFORMATIVE WEBSITES

• Florida Center for Reading Research: Student Center Activities, Grades K-1
http://www.ferr.org/Curriculum/studentCenterActivities.htm

• Classroom Implications & Instructional Priorities and Curriculum Design in Phonological Awareness
http://www.literatureforliterature.ecsd.net/phonemic_awareness.htm

• Presentation on phonemic awareness archived on the U.S. Department of Education website. Provides definitions, examples, justification for teaching PA skills, sequences, and ages of mastery
http://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/tools/initiative/summerworkshop/valdes/index.html

• PBS Parents: Teaching parents to teach their children to become readers and writers
www.pbs.org/parents/readinglanguage/

• Head Start information and publication center: Provides publications and other resources on literacy for parents
www.headstartinfo.org




ACTIVITY WEBSITES

• Sound Associations, activities for phonemic awareness, and lists of books
http://www.literatureforliterature.ecsd.net

• Florida Center for Reading Research: Student Center Activities, Grades K-1
http://www.ferr.org/Curriculum/studentCenterActivities.htm

• Links to phonological awareness activities
http://facstaff.bloomu.edu/dheckman/hotlist.html

• Boardmaker templates for phonological awareness (must have Boardmaker to download templates)
http://prekese.dadeschools.net/BMD/bellphonological.html

• Activities and assessments for literacy: Grades k-1
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/patti/k-1/k-1.html

• Reading Rockets: activities and ideas for building reading skills at home
www.readingrockets.org/families