AGES 4-5
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
by Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault
Alphabet & position words
Vocabulary
Tree
Coconut
Up
Down
Sun
MoonSentence practice
The letters go ___ the tree.
- The letters go up the tree.
- The letters go down the tree.
- I see a coconut.
Before reading
- Look at the cover. What do you see?
- Can you sing the ABC song?
- What grows on a coconut tree?
After reading
- Where did the letters go?
- What happened when too many letters climbed up?
- Which letter starts your name?
How to teach it
- Open the PowerPoint. Ask the "before reading" questions and teach the new words with the flashcards.
- Hand out one flashcard per child. Read the book aloud. Children hold up their card when they hear their word.
- Practise the sentence pattern together, then play the picture game in the slides.
- Ask the "after reading" questions.
- Finish with the printable project: Letters Climb the Tree.
Book not included. These lessons are SimpsonESL originals and aren't affiliated with the author or publisher.