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Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones
Clever Aunt Ant has just moved to the zoo. Speaking in homophones, she describes the quirky animal behavior she sees. There's the MOOSE who loved MOUSSE and ATE EIGHT bowls, and the WHALE who was ALLOWED to WAIL ALOUD--and that's just for starters.
This playful picture book introduces children to the richness of language through the concept of homophones. A romp through the...more
This playful picture book introduces children to the richness of language through the concept of homophones. A romp through the...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
September 4th 2007
by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
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The first time I read this one to my four-year-old we both ended up laughing so hard we could hardly breathe. It's a cool concept, teaching kids about homophones.... words that are spelled differently, have different meanings, but sound the same. The premise of the story is that Aunt Ant is writing to her nephew, Dear Deer, and giving him an update on all her neighbors and friends. Some of the words I had to explain to my son but by and large he got it. It was almost at the end when we got to th...more
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Aunt Ant writes a letter to Dear Deer about her experiences at the zoo. This book is packed with homophones. On every page there are a couple fun homophones to teach children. It isn't a book that you can read without smiling.
The artistic media used in this book is watercolors, which gives the pages a beautiful shiny effect. The illustrations are created in a fun cartoon fashion. This is something that makes learning about homophones silly and interesting for young children. Lines are used in...more
The artistic media used in this book is watercolors, which gives the pages a beautiful shiny effect. The illustrations are created in a fun cartoon fashion. This is something that makes learning about homophones silly and interesting for young children. Lines are used in...more
Fabulously friendly, humorous illustrations and silly tongue twisting text aside, who would have guessed that a book highlighting use, meanings and spellings of identically sounding words could be so fascinating to a seven year old reader? We didn’t, but it is.
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This is such a fun book for kids who are learning about homophones, or for kids who are learning to read. My niece and I spent some time with this book today, and we had a lot of fun comparing the words and discussing how interesting it was that words that sound alike could be spelled differently and have different meanings.
The text in this book is not too difficult, which I think really enables new readers (or spellers) to spend time studying the words and comparing and contrasting them. The pi...more
The text in this book is not too difficult, which I think really enables new readers (or spellers) to spend time studying the words and comparing and contrasting them. The pi...more
This is a wonderfully playful and imaginative book. After reading it, one will never again forget what a homophone might be! Aunt Ant, is writing a letter to her friend, Deer, about her new life at a zoo. Of course, she begins the letter "Dear Deer." The illustrations are wonderful and the the kids loved this book. I worried that it might not work as a read-aloud since it sounds like the reader is stuttering when reading about a fox that "blew blue bubbles." The pictures give the text more than...more
I think this would be a good book to teach a lesson about homophones in the first grade. Homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently. In the classroom, I can use this book to not only introduce a new topic, such as homophones, but I can use this book to read in small groups and ask questions like, "Can you name some examples of homophones that you noticed in the book? What are some examples of a homophone that was not listed in the book?" This is a great book to allow s...more
This book may reach for the older children such as first grade but it is a great introduction to homophones. I love how the author bolded each word that is a homophone. The book is colorful as well.
Learning Experiance:
For this book I will provide a list of words that have a homophone to them. The children will provide me a word that sounds exactly like the word i have provided for them. As they are giving me words, I will tell the children the difference between them and explain that some words...more
Learning Experiance:
For this book I will provide a list of words that have a homophone to them. The children will provide me a word that sounds exactly like the word i have provided for them. As they are giving me words, I will tell the children the difference between them and explain that some words...more
I would recommend reading this book in word study when teaching about homophones, homographs, and homonyms. This story is an excellent way to introduce or reinforce its definition. It also gives students a visual and many examples of homophones. As a visual learner myself, I appreciate the illustrations with the words and feel seeing the examples help me remember the difference better between homophones and homographs. A few examples in the text include: daze and days, ate and eight, tale and ta...more
<3 Absolutly one of my favorite new books, that i will deffintly be purchasing when I get my own classroom. The entire book is full of homophones which makes it a great teaching tool. The illustrations are super cute too. This book also has lots of new vocabulary words that can be taught to older students and even younger. I would suggest this story from about 2nd to 4th grade. And if read in 4th grade I would use it as a review book to recap what they already know but help to reinforce what...more
A clever story about Aunt Ant's new home in the zoo. As she writes to dear deer, she uses lots of homophones to tell about her new neighbors. Read this book instead of a homophone worksheet . . . it will be much more fun! (Also I learned that homophones sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Homonyms, on the other hand, sound the same, are spelled the same, but have different meanings (like "bowl" of soup, and "bowl" , the sport)
I would use this book as a read-aloud across elementary grade levels. From pre-k to grades 2, onset and rimes and the book's play on words would be a great way to highlight sounds in phonological awareness lessons. Showing the differences in the spellings and meanings of those homophones would aid lessons in phonics and build vocabulary. In third grade, the study of homophones becomes more prevalent and this is a good book to illustrate homophones.
This was ridiculously cute!!! I loved the homophones and creative rhyming scheme. Words I wouldn't have even thought of flood this book (i.e. you/ewe, him/hymn, feet/feat, etc). This book serves as a fun & interactive read aloud. Students can guess which two words are homophones and maybe even guess their spelling! This would even be a good go to book for vocabulary expansion while in writing centers. The pictures are colorful and engaging!
1st- 3rd
Young readers and writers may have a hard time with words that sound the same but look and mean different things. The illustrations with in the this story help explain many of the differences between different words like deer vs. dear, pause vs. paws, tail vs. tale, and see vs. sea.
This book would be great for lessons on word choice. Students who are having trouble choosing words could either reference this book or use it as an example of how words are different.
Young readers and writers may have a hard time with words that sound the same but look and mean different things. The illustrations with in the this story help explain many of the differences between different words like deer vs. dear, pause vs. paws, tail vs. tale, and see vs. sea.
This book would be great for lessons on word choice. Students who are having trouble choosing words could either reference this book or use it as an example of how words are different.
This book tells of scenarios that use a different words in three differnet contexts in about three different sentences. The words of the book sound very strange to the reader. This book may have to be read a couple of times to achieve understanding. The books shows very good pictures that shows the different context of the words by very descriptive illustrations.
Best book on homophones that I have ever read! When I was first told i was going to teach a lesson on homophones I had to quickly brush up on what a homophone was and through this book I was able to realize with ease what a homophone is! My 1st grades sutdents loved this book and love coming up and pointing to the homophones they saw throughout the colorful pages.
This book was a very fun read. It was engaging and would be easy for young students to read as well. It introduces homophones and helps understand what they mean. There are many examples of homophones throughout the book to help children understand the concept. This would be great for an anticipatory set when teaching homophones in a classroom. The illustrations are also well done and very bright and colorful. Good book for a classroom!
I loved this clever little book on homophones. This is geared to the early elementary grades but I'm teachers at the higher levels could use this as a fun and funny reminder for any age student. I liked the clever incorporation of so many homophones, the pictures are funny and will help cement the concepts into their little brains. Clever!
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I really love this book! It is a great way to introduce homophones to your students. The students could raise their hands or clap each time they heard a homophone. Children love to see the bright illustrations while they listen and interact during the reading of the story. This book can help provide a captivating lesson on homophones easily. :)
I loved this book. It is a great way to introduce homophones. Which are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. It can be confusing for a child to understand the difference in the words but this book explains in a simple and fun way. It is a great book for a phonics lesson or a writing lesson to help with spelling.
Clever Aunt Ant has just moved to the zoo. She writes her nephew a letter saying: Dear Deer.. Speaking in homophones, she describes the crazy animal behavior she sees. " The BEE FLEW away from the flea who had the FLU, and the BEE can Be sure that if he had the flu that the FLEA would FLEE too." Such a cute book!
This was such a good book for homonyms. It is very cute and easily appealing to children.
The reason I gave it 3 stars is because while the book offers a great lesson on homonyms, it does not go far past that. I think the story could be about something surrounding more culture and still keep its simplicity.
The reason I gave it 3 stars is because while the book offers a great lesson on homonyms, it does not go far past that. I think the story could be about something surrounding more culture and still keep its simplicity.
Fun book for teaching about homophones. Even learned or relearned the difference between homophones & homonyms! My 1st grader enjoyed this book. I would help him see the difference in how the words were spelled and then act out which each one meant. "I get it!" he would say.
Adorable book with cute illustrations that show the multitude of homophones in the English language-excellent teaching research. The book itself tells the story of a clever Aunt ant who moves to the zoo and describes the animals there. Recommended for first grade and up.
Mar 06, 2013
Amber Adams
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This is an awesome book. It has a wacky story about different homophones found in the zoo and everyday life. I would use this this book to teach homophones. I would use this as a writing prompt to encourage students to use as many homophones in their creative writing papers.
This book does a well job introducing homophones to young readers. The story is about an ant who writes to her dear/deer friend about all the animals in the zoo. After reading the story the students can go on a scavenger hunt and pair words that are homophones. Grades 2n2-3rd.
Very clever book teaching the use of homophones. Lots of ways this book could be used in the classroom. The illustrations connected well to the use of the homophones. There was a note to the reader explaining homophones and homonyms although I wish it were more prominent.
This book was great! I read it to my class to do a lesson on homophones and they loved it. I had them raise their hands when they heard the homophone and then explain the difference between the two words. Not only did they love the story but they loved the interaction.
Cute book about homophones about an ant who goes to the zoo and writes her dear friend the dear. Fun little homophones like:
"That's HIM, the HORSE who is HOARSE from humming a HYMN"
and
"The WHALE was ALLOWED to WAIL-ALOUD"
Great book for introducing homophones. :)
"That's HIM, the HORSE who is HOARSE from humming a HYMN"
and
"The WHALE was ALLOWED to WAIL-ALOUD"
Great book for introducing homophones. :)
This is a great book of homophones, it's about an Ant that has moved to the zoo and she is writing a letter to her friend Deer about all the new firends she had met while living at the zoo. My favorite is the Doe that is needing the dough because she needs the dough!
This very cute, easy read focuses on homophones.the author uses this type of language throughout the book to tell a story about animals. I really enjoyed this book. I liked the illustrations and I found it very clever to use different homophones on each page.
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Gene Barretta is the author and illustrator of Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin and Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci. He is also author and illustrator of Dear Deer, which was a Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts and listed on the Parenting Magazine Mom-Tested Books of the Year List. He holds a B.F.A. in Film Studies from New York University, and h...more
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