ABC

ABC

ABC by Dr. Seuss is a children's picture book with a rhyming theme too it.  The story goes through each letter of the alphabet with some type of story to each letter.  As you get further into the alphabet there is more a story as a whole book.  The story ends on the letter "Z" when the alphabet ends too.

Genre/Theme

The genre/theme in the story ABC is a picture book with text accompany the illustrations.  The illustrations give a sense of what is being said through out the book.  However, the pictures are a very animated with dull colors that all one shade.  There is a rhyming theme through out the story too to make the text more enjoyable to read for young readers. 

Discussion Questions

1) What was your favorite part of the story?

2) Was there any characters in the story you think were made up?

3) Did the story cover the entire alphabet or did it skip some letters?

4) Was the alphabet done in the correct order?

Activity

When the teacher is done reading the story the children will be sent back to their seats.  When they return there will be two separate letters at their seats broken into puzzle pieces. On the puzzle pieces there will be a picture of an object that begins with the letter of the puzzle letter.  The children's job will be to put the letter puzzle together correctly.

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