hunks and chunks!
S-H, sh, sh, sh. S-H, sh, sh, sh (Put your finger to your lips )
(It's time to do the chicken cha cha dance!) C-H, ch, ch, ch! C-H, ch, ch, ch! Flap your arms like chicken wings.
I-N-G ing ing ing I-N-G ing ing ing (Jump three times turning in a circle each time you chant "ing, ing,.)
T-H th th th (soft th) T-H th th th (HARD th) This is a thorn and that is a thistle.
A-L-L,A-L-L, all all all A-L-L,A-L-L, all all all Shoot that ball! (March when saying a-l-l, throw hand in front of you looking for a pass, then say shoot that ball! )
O-W, ow! (Slap your arm) O-W, ow! (Slap your arm) going down, going down, D-O-W-N! (slap arm like ou ch, then move downward when saying bottom)
O-U, ou, ou, ou ch (clap 2 times) O-U, ou, ou!(clap 2 times) O-U-T, O-U-T, get out of here you bumble bee!
These are the Bully Brothers (Hook) O-O, oo! O-O, oo! (make your arms into muscles when you say each oo sound, first your right then your left) -jump and make a hook with your hand when you chant oo)
These are the sweeties O-O, oooo! O-O, oooo! (Boot) (hug yourself and make the girly oo sound)
U I OOOO! U I OOOO! Do you love fruit? OOOO! I do too! (Point to someone and say U. Point to your self and say I. Grab your heart as you say, OOOOO )
What s usually at the end of a root word? E-W, ooooo! E-W, ooooo! (place hands on face when saying Eww!)
Car. Car. C-A-R, Car, Car, C-A-R. Can a pirate drive a car? ar, ar, ar ar. (cover one eye when say pirate, then act and talk like driving a car.)
O-R, or, or, or! (clap 3 times) O-R, or, or, or! (clap 3 times) More fish please! or, or, or! pretend you re a seal. Put hands in air and clap 3 times as you say or, then point to yourself and say you want more fish.)
A-C-E, A-C-E ace! (Volleyball ace with arms) A-C-E, A-C-E ace! (Blow on your fingernails and shine them on your shirt) I m so good!
I-C-E, I-C-E ice, ice! Baby! I-C-E, I-C-E, ice, ice! Baby! To cold, To cold! (Pretend like you are freezing cold when you say ice.)
O said to A, Oh, I love you and A said, absolutely nothing. So when you see o and a, what do you say? OOOOO! (long) (grab your heart, say long O in romantic voice.)
Sometimes you say ow (ouch), but sometimes you say O. When you see O-W at the end of a word you say O-O-O! ( Make big O with arms above head.)
I-G-H. I-G-H, I-I-I Don t forget the T I-gh-T, I-gh- T ight, ight, ight! (point to yourself 3 times, make letter T with arms, as you chant ight, ight pull cord to turn on the light.)
You take a scaredy cat E and a scaredy cat A, you put them together and what do they say? EEEEEEEEEE!!!! (act scared)
When you see the double e you say ee, ee. It s a bumble bee party! E,e,e,e,e,e- E,e,e,e,e,e! When you see the double e you say ee, ee. It s a bumble bee party. E,e,e,e,e,e,-E,e,e,e,e,e! (party dance)
A-Y a-a-a... Hey do you want to play? Swish, score, Hooray! But that s at the end of a word and don't you forget it. (pretend to dribble a ball and shoot)
A said to i, Hey get out of my way! I am saying ay today! So when you see a-i you say A. (Show your muscles with long A)
E-I-G-H! Ay! Ay! E-I-G-H! Ay! Ay! (Think Superhero!) (One arm at a time muscle on top. Then one arm muscle on the bottom.)
Ir, ur and er rrrrr "I-R, r-r-r-r and U-R, r-r-r-r in the middle of the word, BUTit's E-R, r-r-r-r at the end of a word."
U-R, r-r-r-r! U-R in the middle of the word goes r- r-r! Surfing USA!!!
But it s E-R, er. E-R, er. At the end of the word! At the end of the word! (March and point behind you when say at the end of the word.)
O-I, oi, oi, oi. O-I, oi, oi, oi. Noisy, noisy, noisy! O-I, oi, oi, oi. noisy, noisy, noisy! (point to your noisy mouth)
O-Y, oy, oy, oy. O-Y, oy, oy, oy. Boy, boy, boy! Boy, boy, boy! O-Y, oy, oy, oy! O-Y, oy, oy, oy! Boy, boy, boy! Boy, boy, boy! (point to the boys as saying oy. Show muscles when saying boy.)
Drink your potion that gives you the motion! T-I-O-N, tion, tion! T-I-O-N, tion, tion! (clap your hand over head and move from side to side trying to grab the potion that gives you the motion.)
S-I-O-N, sion, sion, sion! S-I-O-N, sion, sion, sion! (Pretend mopping the mansion floor)
When you see P- H, you don t say P-H, you F f, f, f. When you see P- H, you don t say P-H, you F f, f, f! (pretend talking on a phone.)
When you see K- N, you don t say K-N, you N n, n, n! When you see K- N, you don t say K-N, you say N.n,n,n! The knight goes knock, knock, knock!
Shhhhhh, don t wake the w. Shhhhh, don t wake the w. RRRRRRRRR RR! (say softly so you don t wake the W)
When you see E-D at the end of a root word you say, ed, ed, ed d,d,d or T! (Point to ground when you say root word, make T with arms when say T)
W-H, wh, wh, wh, wh! It s a question word: Who? What? When? Where? Why? and Which? Where is the whale? Where is the whale? (look for the whale)
A-W aw! Aw! A-W aw! Aw! (Show your right paw, then your left as you say A and W) (Think scary monster)
A-U, au, au! A-U, au, au! Au, au, au. BEEP! BEEP! (a-u, au the first 2 times, point to kids you d like to invite on an automobile ride. The 3 rd time you say au, au, au, drive your car, then say BEEP)
A-U-G-H-T aught, aught! Hey daughters! All the daughters in the room say, That s Me!. A-U-gh-T, A-U-gh-T! (point to the daughters in the room as you say, a-u. Make a T with your arms as you say, T.)
O-U-G-H-T, ought, ought! You ought to have bought it! O-U-gh-T, O-U-gh-T You out to have bought it! (say o-u, point at kids like scolding them. Letter T with your arms, then point at classmates and say ending)
I-O-N, I-O-N, ion ion! I-O-N, I-O-N, ion ion! Pull the onion! Pull the onion! (pull an onion out of the ground when saying ion)