#7 The Peaches on the Beaches: A Book about Inflectional Endings
The Peaches on the Beaches A BOOK ABOUT INFLECTIONAL ENDINGS Brian P Cleary illustrations by Jason Miskimins Consultant Alice M Maday Ph D in Early Childhood Education with a Focus in Literacy Assistant Professor Retired Department of Curriculum and Instruction University of Minnesota M Millbrook Press Minneapolis
to Mrs Tama my sixth grade and eighth grade teacher in Rocky River Ohio B P
Dear 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 ReadingM a series that uses a combination of devices to help children learn to read This book is the seventh in the Sounds Like Reading series It uses rhyme repetition illustration and phonics to introduce young readers to inflectional endings These include s es ed and ing Starting on page 4 you'll see three rhyming words on each left hand page These words are part of the sentence on the facing page They all feature inflectional endings 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 Children will delight in the increased confidence that finding and decoding these 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 Look for me to the other to help you find the words that Sincerely sound alike nal la Brian P Cleary sy
