Chicka chicka boom boom teaching ideas, lesson plans. Fun with chicka chicka boom boom a to z teacher stuff. They can color them and practice writing the names of each. This lesson focuses on the job of the trash collector. Trashy town is a wonderful book to target many speech and language skills. Since 2012 ive been cohosting the virtual book club for kids with my coorganizers kristina from toddler approved and cerys from rainy day mum. The oldest wanted to cut up his coloring book instead of coloring it. Places in the town efl esl activities, games and resources. Trashy town activity bin, pretend play, book extension activity book by dan yaccarino and andrea zimmerman see more living worldsapart. This book companion is full of fun, interactive materials to supplement the book and. Gilly does it with a big truck, a big smile, and loads of style. They are married and live in san diego, california, with their three sons. Wheel school g is for garbage truck, visual plans with free printable games.
Feel free to adapt these activities to your esl lesson plans. Its nice to find a book for the common community helper unit that actually has a story, not just a boring info dump. Read the book town mouse, city mouse with your students. Toddlers totally dig the repetition, coming back to a line or two that that they can count on and join in with. Trashy town speech and language lesson plan activities. Young garbagetruck enthusiasts are sure to love amiable mr. Weekly virtual book club for kids featuring preschool. Use this threeday lesson plan including free downloadable worksheets along with a. It was a little repetitive to read the same garbage and recycling facts again and again. Places in my town lesson plan esl kids lesson plans. The truck book by harry mcnaught students work in small groups to focus on the types of products transported in trucks. Try i stink by kate mcmullan, trashy town by andrea zimmerman or grandma drove the garbage truck by katie clark 1. Theres trash at the pizza parlor, trash at the school, and trash at every house. Members get accompanying flashcards, worksheets, song and classroom reader.
Next studen had the opportunity to drive a real trashy truck around the school and act out the story. Chicka chicka abc magnet book children can act out a told b and b told c, ill meet you at the top of the coconut tree with the magnets included in the chicka chicka abc magnet book by bill martin jr. Gillys stride and adds style and charm to trash collection. Browse lesson plans that keep kids moving and having fun while teaching them to hear and reproduce a steady beat. An esl lesson plan for teaching places in the town to beginner level students a1. Andrea zimmerman and david clemesha are coauthors of my dog toby, the cow buzzed, and trashy town, which was an ala notable book. Community helper stem challenge as your students learn about the job of the trash collector. Get lesson plans for the music classroom that are sure to send the fun into overdrive.
Members also get accompanying flashcards, worksheets, board game and song download. Gilly, the trash man, must clean up trashy town by emptying trash cans into his truck and unloading the truck at the dump. Provide an example of ways of dealing with multilevel classes. Tell your child that this book has words and pictures, and that right now youre going to look at just the pictures and try to guess whats happening in the story. This book opened their eyes to all the responsibilities of a garbage collector. Funda wande, creative commons licensed educational materials. Dan, the flying man comes to our town lesson plan after reading dan, the flying man, students make a class book describing what dan would fly over if he came to our town. Pretending to be a garbage collector or playing a recycling game is more fun than just saying, take out the trash. Welcome to esl printables, the website where english language teachers exchange resources. Perfect for fans of all books about things that go. Fun garbage and recycling lesson plans for preschool, kindergarten, and elementary ages.
Gilly drives around trashy town collecting garbage. Relationship to other books teacher guide our town lesson plan relationship to other books. The following books are included in this unit as readalouds. Trash is a popular theme for our little ones and trashy town, with its repetitive, rhythmic story, is always a hit. See more ideas about creative curriculum, community helpers preschool and preschool activities. For each lesson, choose one of the reading response sheets for students to use following reading time.
This is a ready to use stem lesson featuring the story trashy town. Trashy town trashy town is one of my favorite books i love the rhythm and the option for motions and movements. From the authors of the hit trashy town, your young students will relate to this story told from a childs point of view. Places in my town esl kids lesson plans, worksheets. This past year we went from monthly ideas to weekly ideas and we had so much fun were doing it again. Provide examples of teaching techniques and activities that instructors can transfer to other lessons. After each pickup we read, dump it in, smash it down, drive around the trashy town. Story props for sequencing and retell yesno questions wh questions trash category s. A play based learning blog full of activities and ideas for kids. This is the perfect time to teach the kids a new job.
For more cool ideas, like omazing kids on facebook. Trashy town by andrea zimmerman and david clemesha, illustrated by dan yaccarino harpercollins themes. After reading the book, look again at the list you made of characteristics of urban and rural communities. Happy birthday dan yaccarino may 20 community helpers. Mar 24, 2015 trashy town by andrea zimmerman and david clemesha community helpers if you teach preschool you will love my preschool lesson plans. Gilly is a hard working garbage man with one task, to clean up trashy town. Cars and trucks and other vehicles scholastic first discovery. Click on a magic tree house book cover image to view the available lesson plans for that book. See more ideas about preschool, preschool activities and transportation crafts. Dump it in, smash it down, drive around the trashy.
Select a single product, a point of origin, and a destination. Create an anchor chart, or poster, with the name and picture of each vehicle and its function. So i use the book trashy town frequently in omazing kids speech therapy. Playdoh rowdy the garbage truck and the book trashy town includes free printable symbols and coloring page. Instant lesson plans for any book perfect for substitutes. The lesson includes a great song and classroom reader. There are many different versions of this story, so choose any one that is available. Teaching early readers about different elements of books, such as the primary characters, where a story takes place and the major events of a book can help them learn to love reading even more. Trashy town by andrea zimmerman, dan yaccarino, and david clemesha.
If you use an ios or android device, dont forget that you can get offline access to these materials, along with a much more extensive selection. Trashy town activity bin, pretend play, book extension activity. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. As a follow up, give students blackline pictures of the different trucks.
O danny boy music lesson plan compare and contrast grade 24. Gilly, a genial trashman, as he drives around in his big truck looking for trash. This book companion is full of fun, interactive materials to supplement the book and teach your students. Fun garbage and recycling lesson plans for kindergarten. This packet is a trashy town book companion for the book by andrea zimmerman and david clemesha. We talked in the story using a complete activities goal ideas for home. Trashy town board book andrea zimmerman board book. Draw one large square, one small square and an obtuse triangle on your cardboard. Efl esl activities and games to teach places in town. I did this one first, but it could have easily come last because it kept the kids engaged the whole time. Creative commons licensed educational print and video materials training educators how to teach reading for meaning in grades r3 learners in their home language. Read a book to your garbagetruckloving child for a lowkey activity. Resources and lesson plans for a unit on books by joy cowley.
Provide instructors with a 10week program for 2hour classes. The our town lesson plan contains a variety of teaching materials that cater to all learning styles. A free lesson plan for talking about places in your town using the present continuous with the structures where are you going. Consider thornton wilders other plays, particularly the major works that explore the theme of mortality, such as the skin of our teeth and the long christmas dinner. Browse lesson plans that define music tempo terms and provide examples in live and recorded music. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk, depending on stock availability. This is a nice easy lesson which introduces students to different places in their town and uses the present continuous to ask and answer questions.
I particularly like this book for the preschool and kindergarten crowd. When i do trashy town, i teach everyone three hand movements that match the refrain in the book. Pupils read the book the giving tree and discuss the sense of community the book talks about. This should be in pairs but can be more if you have a large class. Gilly makes in the book, and i placed some trash near the. Using the present continuous with the structures where are you going. Dynamic art from acclaimed illustrator dan yaccarino puts the zip in mr. With a wonderful refrain throughout, this story is. Trashy town features a rhythmic, repeatable refrain that will have children clamoring for repeat readings. Trashy town speech and language lesson plan activities we read the book trashy town together. Oct 24, 2015 this feature is not available right now.
Mar 27, 2009 trashy town by andrea zimmerman and david clemesha is my favorite garbage truck book, and yes i have read a lot. Introducing urban and rural communities to social studies. You will need some plain construction paper or cardboard such as a cereal box, some green markers or paint, some black and brown construction paper, scissors and glue. Big earth, little me by thom wiley trashy town by andrea zimmerman michael recycle by ellie bethel recycle a handbook for kida by gail gibbons. Weekly virtual book club for kids featuring preschool books. Learning how to be a good friend in school is a very important skill. For trash storytime, i made signs for each of the stops mr.
Gilly is the trash man, and this timeline story follows his day as he empties the trash bins around trashy town into his truck. The rhythm and routine of both of the above books are addictive to my 2. The girls loved multiple but it seems that trashy town by andrea zimmerman was the top contender so after reading it for the millionth time. We loved trashy town and as i started planning this activity i wanted to focus on the garbage man but it ended up being a recycling. Think of these are your own personal preschool lesson plans for each week with your child. The paper towns lesson plan contains a variety of teaching materials that cater to all learning styles. Gilly, who drives his truck around town all day looking for trash to pick up. The lesson plan below can be used with any book from your collection. The extra pupils should be placed with the groups that are. Fun with chicka chicka boom boom this is a beginning of the year activity for a great alphabet book chicka chicka boom boom. Gilly from morning till evening when hes the only thing left to clean up. Includes chicka chicka boom boom, trashy town, rosies walk, and the caterpillar and the polliwog.
You can set up your classroom as a town and get the children to make their own signs and posters to show what part of town they are, whether it be the post office, sweet shop, cafe or park. This lesson is built to be used around community helper week. Trashy town book video preschool ideas, teaching ideas, transportation. Described and captioned media program 18,735 views. I gave the oldest a list of all the trash cans in the house and a big plastic bag. Inside youll find 30 daily lessons, 20 fun activities, 180 multiple choice questions, 60 short essay questions, 20 essay questions, quizzeshomework assignments, tests, and more. This post contains affiliate links to amazon for easy shopping online. Designed for young learners, the resource goes into social skills such as using good manners, taking turns, and being kind to people.