Throughout this past school year, our kids got a kick out of using figurative language. They especially enjoyed hyperbole and onomatopoeia words. When we have taught onomatopoeia words, we have usually used the book, Slop Goes the Soup: A Noisy Warthog Word Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards.
After reading this book, we used it as a mentor text and had students follow the pattern to write their own sentence with an onomatopoeia word. This year, we upped the ante. We read aloud the book, The Rain Stomper by Addie Boswell. This was a little "meatier" story, and the kids loved it.
Then, we looked for a more challenging writing lesson. We found it on the site called LessonThis. This link was a great resource for the kids. It included an onomatopoeia word list, onomatopoeia books, a topic idea list, and a poem example. So, instead of just writing a sentence, we challenged our students to write a narrative poem using onomatopoeia words. It was hard, but it was the right amount of hard. They worked together and met the challenge head on. In fact, they were so enthusiastic about writing them, they asked if they could write more than one. Here are a few examples of the poems they wrote.
Enjoy the last few weeks of summer. School is right around the corner. We can't wait for it to start! We have been planning new and exciting lessons and units all summer long and we are eager to try them out in our classrooms! We will share them with you throughout the year.
Kim and Anne
