If You Were Onomatopoeia (Word Fun)

Great for teaching onomatopoeia!

This onomatopoeia book is full of sound words! My students try to use onomaopoeia words in describing pictures.It is relly fun.

I read this book to my students K-5 ... it's a fun book to introduce onomatopecias. We then go on to a writing lesson and use these wonderful words to spice our writing. I am surprised to find so many adults who don't know what they are! I recommend this book to teachers and moms, alike!

Good

Not for my 10 year old.

Thank GOODNESS Trisha wrote this book! I've been way too long out of school, and I've totally forgotten what Onomatopoeia IS or MEANS anymore. Phew! Luckily, her book tells you everything you need to know about what Onomatopoeia is, and now I can spell this word again.Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like the action it describes. One of my favorite examples from the book is the sound a bullfrog makes when it is marking its home turf. "JUG-O-RUM. JUG-O-RUM." I can just hear that bullfrog chorus now, gathering by my front door - can't you?I also enjoyed the different languages in which a dog was barking in - English, Spanish, and Japanese. What? You want to know what barking sounds like in those languages? Hmmm. Guess you'll just have to read the book to find out!Trisha's understandable text and the fun illustrations provided by Sara Gray make this a must-have book for your children to thoroughly and completely understand what Onomatopoeia is and means - it's a really fun lesson!Reviewed by: Gayle Jacobson-Huset, Managing Editor

This is a wonderful book that does an excellent job of explaining and demonstrating onomatopoeia. My first grader and I read it together. I read the narration text, and she read the colorful example sentences full of fun words like pop, clang, ker-plunk, splish and splosh. I really like how the "If You Were..." books put the reader in the story and connect him/her to onomatopoeia, alliteration, etc. "It would be your job to imitate the sounds that surround you. If you were onomatopoeia, you would need to be an attentive listener. Being attentive means to listen carefully and concentrate on what you hear." I love it. We'll have fun doing the journal activity at the end of the book - listening to sounds around us and putting them into words on paper. The "To Learn More" resources in the back are useful to continue the learning.

e enjoyed it when she was younger, but at three she can understand and repeat them. "Drip, drip, drip. Hey, the snow melting is an onomatopoeia!" Well, I'll say that was a sucessful lesson. Perfert for younger kids/preschoolers. I'm sure older kids would enjoy as well.