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1 chickachicka1 , 2, 3by Bill Martin Jr. & Michael Sampson, ill. by Lois EhlertAges: 3-7 Themes: Numbers, counting, poetry, musicRunning Time: 6 minutesSUMMARYC ounting becomes a fun and rhythmic adventure inthis lively alphabet rhyme. Children will love tosing and count along with the dancing the numbers get threatened by bumblebees,children will cheer along with the numeral herowho saves the rollicking movie willhave children counting, singing, dancing, andlaughing with Children will practice counting numbers 1 to 100. Children will gain more facility with countingthrough singing and dancing along with the VIEWING ACTIVITIESD etermine students background information aboutnumbers. Guiding questions: How high can you count? What is the biggest number that you know of?

2 Show me numbers on a number on the age of the children and theirknowledge of numbers, start to introduce numbersabove ten. Make collections of objects for thenumbers 10-100 to show students the quantitiesthat the numbers represent. Try to choose similar-sized objects so that students can make number games with the students. Some suggestions are: Uno I m thinking of a (use the number line) Find hidden numbers in picturesAFTER VIEWING ACTIVITIESHave students create art using specific numbers ofbeans or macaroni pieces. For example, studentschoose a number between 20-100. Give the students a baggie with the chosen number ofbeans/macaroni in it and challenge them to make a picture or pattern using the exact number ofobjects. Students can make multiple pictures fordifferent the students have seen the movie, tell themthat you re going to play it again, and that theyshould make up dance movements for each them to do the same movement everytime they hear the refrain, chicka , chicka , 1,2,3.

3 Make a huge class number line with numbers 1 to100. Divide the students into groups, and haveeach group work on a number each day. Use onepiece of paper per number and have write thenumeral on it with a large, dark, should then make drawings or put stickersfor that amount on the paper to show the these papers in numerical order in a linearound the room. This will be a prolonged project,but students will enjoy working on and buildingthe number line day by your own version of the chicka chicka treefor the class. Cut a tree out of felt and glue it to apiece of posterboard. Cut numbers out of differentcolors of felt and let children retell the story forthe class. They may even want to create their own version of the story, using the felt tree andnumbers.

4 Othervideos about numbers and counting fromWeston Woods:ANTARCTIC ANTICS, by Judy Sierra, ill. by Jose Aruego and Ariane DeweyFIVE CREATURES, by Emily Jenkins, ill. by Tomek BogackiHOWMUCH IS AMILLION?,by David M. Schwartz, ill. by Steven KelloggIFYOU MADE AMILLION,by David M. Schwartz, ill. by Steven KelloggONE WAS JOHNNY, by Maurice SendakOVER IN THE MEADOW,by John Langstaff,ill. by Feodor RojankovskyZIN! ZIN! ZIN! AVIOLIN, by Lloyd Moss, ill. Marjorie PricemanCHICKACHICKA1, 2, 3TO ORDER OTHER W E S TON WOODS VIDEOS: 800-243-5020 This guide may be photocopied for free distribution without restriction.