Poor readers have difficulty with phonological awareness, so it is important to strenghten these skills in students. It is critical for reading and spelling success. Rhyming is a great activity to do with students so they can hear the similar sounds in words. The above activities included Dr. Seuss readings. One is a video of Hooray for Diffendoofer Day where we would watch parts of the video and the students would shout out the rhyming words. This was a good activity that allowed them to listen and watch at the same time, while participating by orally saying those rhyming words. The other is a reading of Horton Hears a Who, which also contained a lot of rhyming words. They were able to listen and hear the words being read to them. Even if there were nonsense words in the book, which a lot of Dr. Seuss books contain, they could still improve their phonological awareness by listening.