Walter the Whale

ebook Practicing the WH Sound · Rosen Phonics Readers

By Lee Young

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Colorful Illustrations support decodable text, guiding beginning readers to identify, recognize, and use the /wh/ sound. Featuring high-frequency words, this authentic fictional narrative also gives emerging readers the opportunity to read with purpose and for meaning while reinforcing basic phonemic sounds. This book introduces readers to a funny whale named Walter. This fiction phonics title is paired with the nonfiction phonics title At the Wheel: Practicing the WH Sound.The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides:

  • Word List with carefully selected grade-appropriate words featuring the /wh/ sound found in the text
  • Teacher Talk that assists instructors in introducing the /wh/ sound
  • Group Activity that guides students to identify the /wh/ sound, decode the words that contain it, and use the words
  • Extended Activity that provides students with additional opportunities to think about, list, and use words containing the /wh/ sound
  • Writing Activity that guides students to write the letters that make the /wh/ sound
  • Walter the Whale