Use Chicka Chicka Boom Boom to review letters of alphabet once they are all taught.

Objectives:

Materials:

• large piece of cardboard (from a refrigerator)
• scissors
• felt (brown, green,black)
• large planter
• white paper cut out in seed shapes
• brown crayon

Plan:

1. Prior to reading the story, the teacher will draw coconut tree on cardboard, then cut out. Glue felt on to trunk of tree and leaves. Use black to cut out letters.
2. Read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom to the class.
3. After children have listened to the story, hand out the "seeds".
4. Have the children color them brown.
5. Have each child put their seed in the planter and pretend to put dirt on top and water it. Tell the children that they are growing a class coconut tree.
6. The next day discuss what went on in the story and what they themselves did with the seeds (planting).
7. Show children the cardboard tree you made.
8. Hand out felt letters and retell the story by having each child put their letter on the tree as it comes up in the story.

Comments:

Related Pages:

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom	Amazon.com Item
By Bill Martin, Jr. & John Archambault - Illustrated by Lois Ehlert (Paperback)

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Magnet Book	Amazon.com Item
Children can act out "A told B/ and B told C,/ 'I'll meet you at the top/ of the coconut tree' " with the magnets included in the Chicka Chicka ABC Magnet Book by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault, illus. by Lois Ehlert.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Lots More Learning Fun! - VHS Video	Amazon.com Item
EXCELLENT--My students love this! It animates the illustrations in the stories and puts them to music. Includes Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Trashy Town, Rosie's Walk, and The Caterpillar and the Polliwog.