Chicks and Salsa is part of our Starts With a Story Collection, which includes more than 550 picture book companions based on high quality children’s literature that support you in delivering highly-engaging interactive read alouds with follow up activities. Learn more about this children’s book below! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
In "Chicks and Salsa" by Aaron Reynolds, a group of farm animals are tired of their bland and boring diet and decide to spice things up with a festive fiesta. The chickens take charge and whip up a tasty batch of salsa, while the ducks make guacamole, and the pigs made nachos! All the farm animals are finally not eating their boring farm food and are excited to be having their own fiesta! Unfortunately, the farm owners decided to make tamales for the people at the fair and took all the vegetables that the farm animals were using to make their fiesta food. This meant that the animals had to go back to their boring old diets... but while the owners were at the fair the roosters found their way into the kitchen and learned new recipes from a french cook book! Through vibrant illustrations and a humorous storyline, "Chicks and Salsa" introduces children to the concepts of teamwork, problem-solving, and the joy of trying new things.
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Our read aloud lesson plans for this picture book come with reading comprehension questions (with sample student responses), 30 writing prompts, teaching ideas for grammar skills, social emotional learning discussion ideas, and more. Check out our list below to get a sneak peek at some of the skills this resource teaches.
- Have students sequence the important events in the story. This is an important skill when it comes to retelling a story.
- Analyze the setting of this book. Discuss where and when it takes place.
- Have students practice their questioning skills as you read the book.
- Examine the alliteration used throughout the book. Discuss with students why authors include alliteration.
- Introduce and act out action verbs.
- Discuss how problem solving was used throughout the story.
- Discuss a social emotional learning concept such as resiliency.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
This book is a must have for your school or classroom library. Your students are going to love completing these activities for the book and you will be impressed with how much they learn. You will want to read this book to your class every year.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
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