Fluency Example

Eat The Alphabet
A is Apple, B is Bean,
C is Celery, fresh and green.
D is for Doughnut, E is Egg,
F is for Fig, rolling down your leg.
G is for Grapefruit, H is for honey.
I is for Ice-cream, soft and runny.
J is Jello, K is Knish,
L is Lettuce and Licorice!
M is Meatball, N is Nut,
O is Orange, peeled or cut.
P is Pizza, Q is Quince,
R is Rice fit for a prince!
S is Spaghetti, T is Tangerine,
U is Upside-down-cake with cream between.
V is Vegetable soup, W is Waffle
X is scrambled X. (Isn't that joke awful?)
Y is Yogurt, Z is Zucchini,
Let's eat the alphabet on a bed of linguini!
Fun Ideas:

• Choral read the poem weekly and have the children guess what letter you are working on by giving them clues
• Study each letter for a week and build a vocabulary bank about the foods
• Have the children find words that rhyme with the food
• Have the children take turns reading each phrase
• Take pictures of the children eating the foods and create class books for each food (They will re-read the books to build even more fluency with poetry
• Hang a poster of the poem and use highlighter tape to keep track of the foods you've eaten all year

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