There's a Wocket in my Pocket!

In my opinion this is a fun book to read to young children because they will get to experience all the different rhyming words and also learn about so words that are made up. I think the illustrations keep the audience interested in the story because of the detailed characters that there are as

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well as how the illustrations follow the feeling. When the narrator is scared the colors are darker and when the narrator is happy the colors are brighter and more lively for the reader to read. I would read this book to young readers so that they can learn about the use of rhyming words and how they are fun to read and give more fluency to a piece of writing.

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A simple and fun poetry book.

This is a wonderful story with a catchy rhythm. It begins with a bouy who gives a tour of his house showing off the crazy creatures that all rhyme with items in it. A nicely done fantasy story.

Have you ever wondered what was hiding in your closet? The character in this story discovered all kinds of creatures around his house. He may not always see them but he has a feeling they are there. He has even talked to the Zelf on his shelf! This little boy loves his house full of friendly

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creatures lurking about and hopes he never leaves them.

I always enjoyed reading Dr. Seuss' books, but this one is by far my favorite. I had always wondered what was in my closet and under my bed, with this book I was able to over come my fears and even give those creatures wonderful names and often spoke to them when I was lonely or upset. Sleepy Head Ned Up Under My Bed was one of my best friends even though I never saw him!

This story can be used to help a student get over a fear he/she has expressed. It is also a wonderful book full of rhyming words and can be used for creative short stories and words.

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Another beginner book that will help early readers learn to pronounce and tell the diffrence between phenomes. IT also is very fun to read aloud.

This is a story that helps children understand that monsters can be friendly and funny, not always scary. Great rhyming patters with good illustrations for kids to enjoy.

As is typical for Dr. Seuss, this book combines simple rhymes with nonsense.

There is great value for young readers in reading nonsense words. It teaches them to quickly and automatically sound out words they have never seen before. And there's not much plot. This, too, is an advantage - when you're

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struggling to read you're likely to lose track of what you've read by the end of the sentence. If you have to think back three pages for everything to make sense, well, that's frustrating!

Some of the words are a little difficult for VERY early readers - bureau springs to mind.

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Really bright and colorful. Funny story and silly words. I can see why kids really like these stories

There's a Wocket in My Pocket is about a boy who is describing his home. He uses rhyming words throughout the whole story.
I would recommend this book to elementary teachers who are working on rhyming.

This is a silly book for kids. This book is about a boy wo finds many many strange and unusual creatures in his house. The little boy finds things like a nooth gush on his tooth brush and yeps on the steps and from the begining having a wocket in his pocket. This is a fun book to teach creativity

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and ryme with nonscence words.

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This is a great book to teach that has rhymes. It is a repeated text and really help students learn to read. Aside the teaching aspect, it is a very fun book that most students would like.

A household of unusual creatures help beginning readers recognize common 'household' words.

This is a great little book to read to kindergarten because it uses fun rhyming words. Children love hearing the made-up names of the creatures in this book, and also like to make up names of their own.

This was a very cute book to read aloud. I read this book during Dr. Seuss week at the elementary

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schools. My students enjoyed listening to the book as well as coming up with creative names to call their own imaginative creatures. It was a short book, so I read another Dr. Seuss book along with this one.

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A great Dr. Seuss book that incorporates rhyming and also vowel sounds.

this is a story about a boy with a strange house. He has all different creatures in his house. He has fun with them, except for the scary ones.

This is a fun book of made up creatures hanging out in this little boy's house. All the creatures rhyme with an object in the house. This book is fun to get the kids to sound out the made up creatures by what object it matches in the room.

This a book about a little boy talking about what strange creatures live in his house, such as the yeps on the steps, the nooth grush on his toothbrush, the yottle in the bottle and Nureau in the bureau. I would use this book for a lesson where I have the students write about the things we find in

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our classroom. This is a good book for 1st grade.

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This is good for teaching rhyme. The reading level is 'Bright and Early Books for Beginning Beginners'.

Page one reads:

"Did you
ever have the feeling
there's a
WASKET
in your
BASKET?"

I loved this book because it's fun, makes up silly words, and is pretty catchy.

Summary: A young boy with a large imagination has several little friends running about his house. For instance, the Wasket hiding out in his basket! Or the Zelf high atop the shelf. Dr. Seuss has written a cute story that will get kids to learn rhyming, recognizing household items, and saying silly

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words!

Personal Reaction: I thought this book was adorable! I would read this to any grade. I like how for younger children, it teaches them rhyming and recognition. For older children it teaches more about the imagination and creativity.

Classroom Extension: One project I would do is make some of the characters in the book into a matching game. For example, I would have a picture of the Zink and students would have to match it to the Sink. Or the Noothbrush would have to be matched to the Toothbrush. Another project would be to have the children create a paragraph about items in their house and rhyming them with imaginary characters like the boy in the book. For instance, "At my house, my mom puts a Woven in the Oven".

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Great book to incorporate phonemic awareness. Rhyming is crucial in the early stages of literacy and this book does just that.

I really enjoyed Dr. Seuss's book, There's a Wocket in My Pocket. One thing I liked about it was the authors use of text features to emphasize specific words in the text. In each verse he capitalizes all of the letters in the rhyming words which makes them the focus of the page. "Did you ever have

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the feeling there's a WASKET in your BASKET?" is an example of how the author does this. I also like the illustrations because they fit the story very well. The author draws imaginary creatures to go along with the words he uses, such as "WASKET," "NINK," and "ZAMP," which are not real words. The big ideas of this book are just to fun and imagination, and it is meant for emergent readers which is why the author uses fake words to focus on rhyming.

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This is a very crazy book with lots of interesting words. I love this book because it is so out there that Its entertaining to read. However, it would be hard for children to follow along, I think, because it is mostly made up words.

I really liked this book for three reasons. First, I liked how the book was relatable for young readers. Many children are afraid of what lies behind their staircase, in their drawers, or under their bed. Dr. Seuss’s playful imagination makes up silly names for monsters and shows that they aren't

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mean or scary just funny looking. Next, I really liked how Dr. Seuss organized his text throughout the pages. The use of text features positively emphasized specific words throughout the story. In each verse the words that rhymed were capitalized. For example, “Sometimes I feel quite CERTAIN there’s a JERTAIN in the CURTAIN.” This is a great way to teach young readers about rhyming, as the words that rhyme stand out to the reader. The silly rhymes and interesting pictures keep young readers attentive. The illustrations were very creative throughout the story. The imaginative pictures drawn throughout the text perfectly depict what’s going on. For example, imaginary creatures are drawn to go along with the words he uses, such as "GELLAR," "ZELLAR," and "DELLAR," which are not real words. Overall, the main idea of this story is to not be afraid of things that come your away because they are just silly.

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