Introduce:
- Cut out letters that will be handed out to the class. Ask them to hand the letter to you. Then, see if the class knows the name of the letter. Once all of the letters are pulled from the bag, have students help count how many letters there are altogether.
- Stress that there are 26 letters in the alphabet.
- Ask students what else they know about letters. Do they recognize the letters in their own name. (They may say that letters are in their names, make up words, that they know their ABC's, etc!) Encourage students to sing the very familiar 'ABC Song' with you.
- Let the students hang their letter in the tree with tape.
With the Story:
- Introduce the title, author and illustrator of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom; Ask students to look closely at the cover. Point to a few letters and see if they can recognize.
- What might this book be about? Have they seen a tree like this before? What is growing in the tree?; Explain to students that in this story, the very first letter of the alphabet challenges the other letters to join her in climbing this tree; Read aloud for enjoyment and to see what happens to the letters (and the tree)!
- You may want to ask some questions as the story is being read the first time, such as the following.
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Story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-V4zzXzpT8
Song: http://www.schooltube.com/video/2490bb8cd9848c3af3ec/
Read the story. Pass out letters to hang in the tree as students listen to the song.
Resource Ideas: http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/chicka_chicka_boom_boom.html
For JC: ABC pages http://www.dltk-teach.com/books/chicka/chickacoloring.htm
K:
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3, 4/5:
With a discussion about Everybody books being in ABC order (call numbers), read Alpha Betti by Carlene Morton. As a small group moves to check out, the remainder will work in several ABC learning centers. Bring an Everybody Read shelf to practice using shelf markers and finding their own book. A few others are: