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Writing Onomatopoeia Stories {Virtual Book Club}

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Writing Onomatopoeia Stories

This month, the Virtual Book Club is exploring David Shannon books.  While we love David Shannon books at our house, one of our favorites would have to be Duck on a Bike.  There are many reasons I like Duck on a Bike {from a reading teacher perspective} and I’ve written activities and created a few printables to go with the farm theme for my preschoolers and reading students. This time, we explored the all the onomatopoeias within the text that ultimately led to writing our own onomatopoeia “stories”.

First, we defined an onomatopoeia as “a word that imitates {or copies} a sound.”  We read several books that included some great onomatopoeias.  Duck on a Bike, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, Mr. Brown Can Moo, and What Do You Say? are some of the books we read aloud together.

photo of listing onomatopoeias from read alouds | This Reading Mama

Each time we came across at onomatopoeia, we jotted it down on our dry erase board.  Once we had collected our list, we began brainstorming stories we could created with onomatopopeias.  {I kept it simple by only expecting my son, at 1st grade, to use 6 words with drawings for his story, but you could extend or downsize the activity, depending on the age of your child.}  We had fun creating silly stories and talking about the pictures that could go with each onomatopoeia.

photo of writing and drawing otomatopoeia stories | This Reading Mama

Then, I folded a large piece of construction paper so that there were three spaces on top and three on the bottom.  He began writing and drawing his onomatopoeia story with six onomatopoeias.  {This is a great activity to do if your child likes to draw and color because the story is truly found within the pictures.}

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Here is his finished product.  He was so proud of it.

Stay tuned because we just MIGHT be posting another writing activity with Duck on a Bike before April is over.

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Comments

  1. Erin- The Usual Mayhem says

    April 18, 2013 at 9:40 am

    I love this! Onomatopoeia has been a strong topic here for the last month or two. We may just have to read Duck on A Bike again before it goes back to the library, hunting for onomatopeia.

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    • thisreadingmama says

      April 19, 2013 at 6:40 am

      Onomatopoeias are so much fun! Even for young kids!

      Reply
  2. wildflowerramblings says

    April 18, 2013 at 4:02 pm

    I love this! I taught an onomatopoeia unit when I taught 2nd grade and I can’t wait to start with my son — such an amazing way to teach children to write 🙂 Donald Crews is a great one for this too!

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    • thisreadingmama says

      April 19, 2013 at 6:41 am

      Yes, Donald Crews books are GREAT for onomatopoeias! We found many songs to sing, too. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Momma Jo says

    April 19, 2013 at 5:50 am

    That is so cool!

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    • thisreadingmama says

      April 19, 2013 at 6:42 am

      Thank you. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Karla says

    April 24, 2015 at 2:01 pm

    I loved this!! My kids enjoyed it so much! They drew very detailed pictures and some even created comic books! Thanks!!

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    • thisreadingmama says

      April 24, 2015 at 3:09 pm

      Oh, I’m so glad your kids enjoyed this!! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Maksims - The Onomatopoeia Lover says

    March 4, 2021 at 4:06 pm

    These are so fun! I did the same one but I added 3 more pages!

    Reply

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  1. 10 Helpful Writing Prompt Ideas and Anchor Charts - Teach Junkie says:
    April 18, 2015 at 9:42 pm

    […] 6. Writing Onomatopoeia Stories – Use the novel element of sounds to spark creativity in your writers. Take notes of onomatopoeia examples as you read and use your list as a basis for creating a comic strip full of sounds! […]

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