Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones
by:
Gene Barretta (author)
Clever Aunt Ant has just moved to the zoo. Speaking in homophones, she describes the quirky animal behavior she sees. There’s the MOOSE who loved MOUSSE and ATE EIGHT bowls, and the WHALE who was ALLOWED to WAIL ALOUD—and that’s just for starters. This playful picture book introduces children...
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Clever Aunt Ant has just moved to the zoo. Speaking in homophones, she describes the quirky animal behavior she sees. There’s the MOOSE who loved MOUSSE and ATE EIGHT bowls, and the WHALE who was ALLOWED to WAIL ALOUD—and that’s just for starters. This playful picture book introduces children to the richness of language through the concept of homophones. A romp through the zoo has never been so eye-opening.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312628994 (0312628994)
Publish date: July 20th 2010
Publisher: Square Fish
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Humor,
Writing,
Academic,
School,
Humanities,
Language,
Words,
Teaching,
Education,
Picture Books,
Animals
This text is about an ant that moves to the zoo and how she speaks in homophones. I would use this text in any elementary grade to teach my students homophones in lower grades or to review homophones with them in upper grades. It is a fun and creative way to get students interested and involved in a...
Dear Deer is such a fun book! It is about Aunt Ant who who writes a letter about her move to the zoo. She describes all the silly things that she sees using homophones. Trust me, you don't want your kids to miss out on this fun opportunity to learn! Use in the classroom: I would you use this dur...
This is such a fun book for kids who are learning about homophones, or for kids who are learning to read. My niece and I spent some time with this book today, and we had a lot of fun comparing the words and discussing how interesting it was that words that sound alike could be spelled differently a...
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