Sound-Loaded Books:

Initial W/w Books	Author
Everybody in the Red Brick Building	Anne Wynter
Gossie	Olivier Dunrea
I Want 100 Dogs	Stacy McAnulty
I Went Walking	Sue Williams
Little Miss Sunshine and the Wicked Witch	Roger Hargreaves
Mouse's First Spring	Lauren Thompson
Mr. Wishy-Washy	Joy Cowley
Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm	Joy Cowley
To Make	Danielle Davis
Where To, Little Wombat?	Charles Fuge
Whistle for Willie	Ezra Jack Keats
Winnie the Witch	Valerie Thomas

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Activity Information

Activities:

Cut a “window” into a shoe box. Place objects that begin with the /w/ sound in the box. Let students reach through the “window” to feel the objects with their eyes closed. Then, guess the /w/ object.
Go on a walk! See how many objects you can find that start with the /w/ sound!
Make a wishing wand! Use pipe cleaners, beads and ribbons!
Make a wishing well full of objects that begin with a /w/ sound. Add some wishing wands to the activity and children can make a wish before pulling objects from the wishing well.
Wiggle like a worm!
Put on a warm coat and go for a winter walk!
Have a Wacky Wednesday! Play Wacky games such as Ned’s Head. Add Wacky items to your classroom and see if your students can find the objects. Then, have a Wacky snack such as an upside down sundae!
Increase vocabulary! “I wish I was a (animal)” Have students act like the animal and make the animal sound!
Whisk some homemade whipped cream!
Go on a worm hunt!

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