Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin and John Archambault
Lesson plans and teaching resources

Students use a "coconut tree" to review the letters of the alphabet.

This extensive unit plan includes a variety of literacy and cross-curricular activities.

Four literacy activities: acting out the story, noticing adjective use, noticing capital and lower case letters, and learning about the author. Adobe Reader required for access.

Pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading learning activities. Includes extension and take-home activities and 2 printables, including a letter for parents. This lesson begins on p. 15 (19th page of document). Adobe Reader required. This document is very large; let it load completely before you work with it.

Five printables of letters of the alphabet.

A variety of before-, during-, and after-reading activities; writing tasks; songs and poems; even recipes to support the story.

Students practice forming letters and recall their favorite part of the story.

Activities on this page address phonics, art, and science.