Guess the Covered Word

chubby little snowman
had a nose.
Along came a
and what do you suppose?
That hungry little ,
looking for some lunch,
ate the carrot nose....
nibble, nibble,
CRUNCH!

 

Most mornings start with a "shared reading" poem. It is a poem that we read all week, each day learning something new from our reading. When we play Guess the Covered Word, students are learning great skills that they can use when reading independently. They read the poem and then get to a missing word. As they read, ideas for the missing word will pop into their head. They have to ask themselves, "Does that word sound right there?" and "Does that make sense?". After we take a few guesses, we start to slowly uncover the word from left to right. Now they have to put this visual information (the letters and sounds in the word) together with their guesses and find one that looks right, sounds right and makes sense!