Phonics Poem- Shirley Shepherd

Shirley Shepherd

Shirley Shepherd counted sheep:

one sheep two sheep three sheep four,

shuffling through her bedroom door.

And when she drifted off to sleep,

she dreamed of those four shaggy sheep:

one sheep two sheep three sheep four,

eating shortcake on her floor!

-Brook Pieri

Identify the sh- blends in this poem and draw the visual image you got when reading this poem. Can sheep really eat shortcake on a bedroom floor?

Phonics Poem- Phoebe's Phase

Phoebe's Phase

My older sister Phoebe

is going through a phase.

Buying make-up at the pharmacy's

just a part of her new craze.

She's on the phone all night long.

Rock stars' photos on her wall.

I do think that teenagers

are the strangest things of all!

-Kama Einhorn

Identify the ph- blends in the poem and brainstorm a list of other words that start woth 'ph-'.

Phonics Poem- Grasshopper Green

Grasshopper Green

Grasshopper green

Too quick to be seen

Jump like a Mexican jumpity bean!

Grasshopper high

Grasshopper low

Over my basket of berries you go!

Grasshopper low

Grasshopper high

Watch it or you will end up in a pie!

-Nancy Dingman Watson

Identify the gr- blends in the poem and then draw a grasshopper in it's natural habitat. A grasshopper is an insect, so it has 3 body parts (head, thorax, abdomen), 6 legs, 2 antennae, and wings.

Phonics Poem- If I Could Fly

If I Could Fly

If I could fly,

I'd flap these arms.

I'd flap right off the ground.

I'd join a flock of geese up high,

and flip and float around.

And when I'd flown for many miles,

I'd flop down in my nest,

and rest my tired little wings,

and take a nice long rest.

-Kama Einhorn

Identify the fl- blends in the poem and draw a picture of what you would see if you were able to fly over College Station. Use descriptive words!