Literacy Snack Tricka Treat Read Aloud
Halloween is the perfect time to add a little extra fun to your literacy lessons! This week, our Literacy Snack Tricka Treat Read Aloud is Chicka Chicka Trick or Treat, by Julien Chung, with a fun literacy snack idea that your students will love. Pairing a good book with a themed snack is a great way to bring stories to life, boost engagement, and make reading memorable. This fun Halloween read-aloud is sure to become a new classroom favorite!
Chicka Chicka Tricka Treat is a Halloween companion to the beloved classic Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, and there’s a spooky surprise in store for everyone’s favorite letters!
The classic alphabet chant gets a Halloween twist as the letters sneak their way up the tree, all wearing their favorite costumes. But when a witch swoops in, and the letters come tumbling down, will that be the end of their Halloween fun…or just the beginning?
For our snack this week to go along with the book, we’re making our own spooky alphabet tree and a special treat!
Snack Idea
Supplies that you will need for each student:
- 1 long pretzel rod
- 5 or 6 pretzel sticks
- 1 bag of mini alphabet cookies
- 1 small piece of candy
To make the spooky alphabet tree, have the students start with their large pretzel rod. They can then add the pretzel sticks as the tree limbs. You can suggest breaking a couple of them in half to make different branches. Add the letter cookies onto the spooky tree. Add a small piece of candy for each student so they can each have a special treat like the letters at the end of the book!
Kids will love seeing their tasty creations come to life (and then disappear bite by bite!). It’s a simple, hands-on snack that ties perfectly into the Chicka Chicka Trick or Treat story and keeps the Halloween fun going long after storytime!
Free Printable
I made a free printable to go along with the book for your students to work on while they are enjoying their spooky alphabet tree snack. They will get to draw Halloween costumes on a few letters and then write what they think the best Halloween costume is.
You can download the Literacy Snack Tricka Treat Read-Aloud free printable from my TpT store by clicking the green box below.
If you’re looking for some other engaging Halloween letter activities, we have this fun set of Halloween-themed beginning sounds board games. A fun way to reinforce this beginning sounds this month! You can check out the board games here.
You can find all of our other literacy snacks here.
I hope your students love this book as much as I do and enjoy their fun, yummy, spooky alphabet tree snack!
See you next time!
Jenette
