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It's All the Buzz

Roar! Buzz! Ribbit! Children will learn about the sounds animals make and then invent their own creative sounds for an animal they draw.

Lesson Plan

Supplies Needed

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Steps

  • Step 1

    Read a book such as "Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale by Verna Aardema, et al.... or "Boom! Bellow! Bleat!" by Georgia Heard and Aaron DeWitt. Have students join along making the animal sounds. Tell them some of the sounds might be funny, and there's even a funny word for what they hear: onomatopeia.

  • Step 2

    Ask students to invent some funny animal sounds and imagine the creature that might make it. Have them illustrate the animal on construction paper and write out (on their own or with help) the sound it would make.

  • Step 3

    Ask students to introduce their creature to the class. Have them describe where it lives, what it likes to eat, and some activities it enjoys. Then have them demonstrate the sound it makes.

Standards

LA: Add drawings or other visual displays to written text to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

LA: Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.

Adaptations

Divide the class into groups and have each group create a play for their animals and present it to the class.

Have children create an animal, real or imaginary, out of Model Magic.