Take the A Away

Today we read a very clever story that gave a twist to the alphabet. 

Take Away the A.

The idea behind the book is that within every language there are words that change and become a different word through the simple subtraction of a single letter. Students do this in the classroom now and then with a process called "chaining" in CKLA. The link from this book to what we are doing in the classroom was exciting!

Here are a couple examples below:

 

 

After we read the story, and had a few laughs, we discussed our own play on words. In addition, I gave the students a task over the weekend to think of one, two or a few different phrases to then create on Monday. Next week we are going to make our own classroom book, Take Away the A!

Stay tuned to see all the imaginations at work!!