Perfect Poem
Adele Tolley Wilson is a retired elementary school teacher who often used poetry in her classroom. She knew that students could learn information quicker and retain it longer when it is put into poetry or songs. With that knowledge, Adele wrote books to enhance learning. Adele is the author of Plum Gum & Other Chunk Poems, Mrs. Vet’s Alphabet, Poems For Idioms, and What’s Matter and Other Content Poems. (Each content poem provides additional support in teaching science or social studies.)
Using poetry across the curriculum can.....
- Provide for fluency development
- Optimize student’s vocabulary
- Enhance learning for English Language Learners
- Teach the curriculum
- Reinforce reading and writing
- Yield higher test scores
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| Plum Gum and Other Chunk Poems |
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This entertaining book of poetry, written for the purpose of building fluency in young readers, has been used in 1,700 classrooms throughout the state of Utah. The book is cleverly illustrated and contains 101 poems, each one focusing on a specific word family or phonics chunk.
- Kids love to read and re-read the poems because they are funny and written for a child’s sense of humor.
- Teachers love the poems because each one is written to emphasize a specific phonics chunk.
- Parents love the poems because their children become better readers.
"Adele Tolley Wilson has captured the sounds and images of language in a playful and entertaining new poetry collection....I have witnessed requests from whole classes of young children to read Plum Gum poems again and again...."
—D. Ray Reutzel, Emma Eccles Jones
Professor of Early Childhood Education
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Jake The Snake
This is the story of Jake the Snake.
One day Jake made a big mistake.
He ate a fake piece of birthday cake.
It caused him to shiver,
It caused him to shake,
It caused him to get a tummy ache.
Jake went to the doctor down by the lake.
The doctor said, "Jake, don’t eat fake cake."
—Adele Tolley Wilson
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6" X 9" soft cover
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| Mrs. Vet’s Alphabet |
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This book is a sequel to Plum Gum. It contains another set of poems to help kids build fluency through phonics. This book also contains short vowel poems and a couple of longer story poems. Mrs. Vet’s Alphabet comes available in spiral bound only. Spiral Bound 8 ½" X 11"
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Cowboy
I'm a cowboy.
What do you think about that?
I have cowboy jeans, a cowboy shirt
And a fancy cowboy hat.
I keep my cowboy boots real clean
When I wipe them on the mat.
I have a good old cowboy dog,
His name is Cowdog Pat.
I get together with my cowboy friends,
We hang around and chat.
Just wish I had a cowboy horse,
'Cause I can't saddle up my cat.
—Adele Tolley Wilson
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| Poems For Idioms |
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This book contains 45 poems to help explain the idioms we use in our daily language. Spiral Bound 8 ½" X 11"
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Cat Got Your Tongue
I was feeling shy when my uncle came.
"Has the cat got your tongue?" he said.
He must have meant, "Why aren't you talking?"
Because my tongue was still in my head.
—Adele Tolley Wilson
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| What’s Matter And Other Content Poems |
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This book is filled with poems to help reinforce the science curriculum. The poems are written to help students remember science concepts. Some of the topics included are Earth, Electricity, Matter, Physics, Rocks and Soil, Solar System, Weather, Colors, Context clues, Explorers, Inherited Traits/Learned Behaviors, Steps to Long Division, What Makes a Family and Winners Are Not Bullies. Spiral Bound 8 ½" X 11"
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Gravity
Gravity is a special force
That’s everywhere around.
It holds our Earth in orbit.
It keeps us on the ground.
It pulls things without touching.
When it’s measured, it’s called weight.
To overcome the law of gravity.
You much accelerate.
—Adele Tolley Wilson
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