2nd Graders Learn All About Alliteration

Alliteration is defined as "the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables" (Answer.com) One example of alliteration is a tongue twister. Who can forget Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers!

Second graders are creating country alliterations in conjunction with their "Small Part of the World" program. Using the first sound of their first name, they were each assigned a country from around the world. After learning on which continent their country is located as well as what its flag looks like, they used dictionaries to identify nouns, adjectives, and verbs that begin with their sound. Next week, they will write their alliterations and illustrate them.