Lesson Plan
Onomatopoeia: Bing, Bam, Boom!
Bing! Bam! Boom! In this bombastic lesson, students will learn about onomatopoeia and create word art to describe the sounds these words make.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to recognize and generate onomatopoeia.
Introduction
(20 minutes)- Explain to the students that they are going to learn about onomatopoeia, or words that represent sounds.
- Play the Onomatopoeia video.
- While the video is playing, write the word "onomatopoeia" on the board to make a word web.
- Write a couple of examples to show the students, e.g. bam, boom, oink.
- Ask the students if they know of any other onomatopoeia, and then write them down on the word web.
- Bring the students together for a story, and tell them that you are going to read them a book with onomatopoeia in it.
- Before you read, remind them to try to remember the words you say in the book.
- Read aloud Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss.
- After reading the book, ask the students to say some of the onomatopoeia in the book.
- Add those words to the word web.