Analysis Of The Itsy-Bitsy Spider

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the Itsy-Bitsy Spider is a nursery rhyme that I can use to help children develop phonological awareness skills, specifically rhymes and alliteration. The author of the book Early Childhood Exp. in Lang Arts stated “Phonological awareness is important aspect of being ready to learn to read”. So that I will Recite rhymes in a whisper and say the rhyming word aloud and ask children to listen for words that rhyme. I will recite the rhyme stopping and waiting for the children to fill in the second rhyming word in a rhyming word pair. I will encourage them to look for clues in the illustrations for the words’ meanings. This nursery rhyme can be used to support phonemic awareness by asking the children to think of other words that rhyme with them?