Author: Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
Illustrator: Lois Ehlert
Genre: Poetry
Martin, Bill, John Archambault, Lois Ehlert, and Ray Charles. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. NY, NY:
Beach Lane, 2014. Print.
Annotation
A rhyming alphabet book, where the letters race to the top of the coconut tree. When the letters run out of room, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom they all fall down.
ELA Content Standards
Fluency -Grade 2
4.) Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
a.) Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
b.) Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression of successive
readings.
c.) Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as
necessary.
How it Connects: This poem will help students with phonemic awareness by helping them learn the correct way to pronounce letters in the alphabet. They will also have to read other words in the text and be able to comprehend them correctly.
Craft and Structure- Kindergarten
vs 5.) Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.
How it Connects: This poem will help children focus on what authors and illustrators put on the front, back and title page of books.
Tier 3 Vocabulary
gnashed, rumpus, tumbled, tamed, mischief
Classroom Usage
Independent Reading: Read silently to themselves while saying each letter of the alphabet to themselves.
Small Groups:
Work together to write all the letters in the alphabet
Centers: Split into four groups (more or less depending on class size). Each group will be assigned a letter and they will have to work together to draw a picture of an animal that starts with the letter they were assigned.
Differentiation
This poem could help students with dyslexia break down the letters of the alphabet, and work on their pronunciation. It is an easier book that they can take their time comprehending the different words and letters.
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