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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Let's Have Fun with Alphabet RiddlesSubject(s): Language ArtsGrade Level(s): preK-3

Learning Objectives

Students will learn the distinguishing elements of fiction andnonfiction.Students will play Bingo.Students will sing the alphabet song.Students will identify and use adjectives.Students will match uppercase and lowercase letters.Students will make a letter collage.Students will match letters to sounds.Students will create original alphabet riddles.

Fiction Resource

Chicka Chicka Boom BoomBy Bill Martin Jr. and John ArchambaultIllustrated by Lois EhlertGrades: Pre-K–2Lexile Level: 530Themes: poetry, musicRunning Time: 5:24Plot Summary: In this lively alphabet rhyme, all the letters of the

alphabet race each other up a coconut tree. Will there be enoughroom? Oh no—Chicka Chicka Boom Boom!

Nonfiction Resource

Let's Have Fun with Alphabet RiddlesBy Caolan MaddenGrades: Pre-K–K; Ages: 4–5Lexile Level: 20Description: In this rhyming alphabet book, students learn about

letters by solving alphabet riddles.

Before Viewing the Video

1. Introduce students to the vocabulary. You can write vocabularywords on index cards and place them around the room, or pairwords with pictures. If you have ESL students, make sure that youintroduce the vocabulary words to them a few days before thelesson.

aunts: female relatives; the sisters of your mother or fathercry: to sob; to make tearshelp: to join other people to solve a problemhug: to put your arms around a person to show that you care for themmoon: the largest natural object that can be seen in the night skytop: the opposite of bottom

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uncles: male relatives; the brothers of your mother or fatherup: the opposite of down

2. Activate students' prior knowledge by posing the followingquestions:

How many letters are in the alphabet?Name three consonants.Name all of the vowels.What do the letters of the alphabet stand for?

3. Have students sing the Alphabet Song.

After-Viewing Activities

1. Adjectives are used throughout the book Let’s Have Fun WithAlphabet Riddles. Explain to students that adjectives aredescribing words. Have students go back through the book andidentify as many adjectives as they can. Next, point out a fewobjects in the classroom (desk, chalkboard, etc.) and ask studentsto name a few adjectives for each object.

2. Using magnetic letters, have small groups of students separateuppercase and lowercase letters.

3. Divide students into small groups. Assign each group a few letters.Using an assortment of old newspapers and magazines, haveeach group cut out pictures of things that begin with theirassigned letters. Students can make letter collages out of theirpictures.

4. Have students play alphabet bingo. Create bingo cards that havea variety of letters on them. Call out a letter; if students have thatletter they may cover it. The first student to cover all of his or herletters, either vertically or horizontally, wins.

5. Have each student trace and cut out all of the letters of thealphabet. Then, say a word to the class. Have students hold upthe letter they think the word begins or ends with. Alternately, youcan simply make an initial or ending sound and have students holdup the letter that corresponds to that sound.

Paired-Text Activities

1. Discuss with students that both stories are designed to teach kidsabout the alphabet. Challenge students to identify what strategiesthe authors used in order to do this (riddles and song).

2. Discuss with students the differences between fiction andnonfiction. Challenge them to differentiate between the fiction andnonfiction elements in the books. Pose the following question:What makes Chicka Chicka Boom Boom fiction and Let’s HaveFun With Alphabet Riddles nonfiction?

3. Divide students into small groups. Assign each group a few letters.Have each group create a riddle modeled after the riddles in Let’sHave Fun With Alphabet Riddles. Ask each group to share theirriddles with the class.

Further ResearchHave students explore the related Web links about the alphabet thataccompany this selection.

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