To Sleep, Count Sheep: -eep

Word Family Tales

by Maria Fleming, Cary Pillo (Illustrator)

Word Family Tales are humorous read-aloud stories created to build early phonics skills by teaching children to recognize "families” of words that share the same spelling pattern. This key reading strategy helps kids decode new words with ease—and become stronger readers, writers, and spellers. Set learners on the path to literacy success with these rib-tickling tales—one for each of the top 25 word families! For use with Grades Pre K-2.

16 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2002

Reviews

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good reading primer that helps teach about a particular sound, in this case, -eep sounds. We had fun reading this book together; the rhyming narrative and colorful illustrations make it a fun book for beginning readers.