It is Anchor's Away Monday, and today I'm sharing this alliteration anchor chart with you!
I love teaching alliteration. Why? It gives me yet another opportunity to use Margie Palatini's books as mentor texts! I became her #1 fan 17 years ago when I first read Piggie Pie to my second graders, and I have enjoyed every book she has ever written. When I pick up one of her books, I know that I will laugh out loud. As a bonus, they are perfect mentor texts for teaching many literary devices. (Amazon affiliate link follows.)
Alliteration seems like a pretty easy concept, right? That was my assumption before I taught this skill, and for the most part, students do seem to learn it quickly. However, I have noticed three areas that sometimes confuse students:
Alliteration occurs when two or more nearby words have the same beginning sounds.
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Bedhead is a favorite Margie Palatini book to use when teaching alliteration. Another favorite is Moosetache! |
Alliteration seems like a pretty easy concept, right? That was my assumption before I taught this skill, and for the most part, students do seem to learn it quickly. However, I have noticed three areas that sometimes confuse students:
Alliteration occurs when two or more nearby words have the same beginning sounds.
#1- Two words is enough to make a phrase alliterative.
Yes, Leah licked a luscious lemon lollipop is alliterative. But A caravan of camels was seen in the distance is also alliterative.
#2- The words have to be near each other.
Steph drove to Walmart to buy a new stereo is not alliterative. There are too many words between Steph and stereo to make that sentence alliterative.
#3- The beginning sounds are the same, not the beginning letters.
Unfortunately, the photograph was fuzzy is alliterative, but They found a green gem is not alliterative.
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I love teaching alliteration because the kids have so much fun after they get the idea.
ReplyDeleteGreat anchor chart as always!
Thanks for hosting the linky!
- Lucy
Can't wait to use this with my grandson. Thanks so much for sharing.
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I also love to teach alliteration. My students often choose it for writing time when they finish other projects.
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