Whoosh, Crunch, Roar: Football Onomatopoeia

by Mark Weakland

Overview

Boom! Crash! Roar! Playful text and stunning Sports Illustrated photos combine to teach young readers about onomatopoeia that you can see and hear at a football game.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620651605
Publisher:	Capstone Press
Publication date:	08/01/2015
Series:	Football Words
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.31(d)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

Mark Weakland wears many hats. As an author, he's written books for teachers, including Super Core!: Turbocharging Your Basal Reading Program with More Reading, Writing, and Word Work, published by the International Reading Association. His book topics for children include sports, bacteria, comets, and poetry. Mark's also a reading specialist. He teaches kindergarten children, third graders, parents, and teachers. As a musician and songwriter, Mark sings, plays percussion, and strums the guitar. Many of his songs, including "I Sure Love Pancakes" and "The Dooflicky Machine," have won national awards and contests. Mark lives in Western Pennsylvania.

Interviews

Playful and informative text that explains the type of word on the first spread. Colorful, action-packed Sports Illustrated photos highlight the football nouns, adjectives, verbs, and onomatopoeia. The last spread of the main text is an activity for the reader in which they pick out the words from a sentence that match the topic.