When I first heard this term, I thought “Hunks & Chunks”? Hmmm … that’s a great way to say fit vs. flab … I still don’t really know what it represents but when I describe to you the example I was given of “Hunks” & “Chunks” you’ll probably wonder what kind of soap opera, love story my 2nd grader is endulging in! Hey, whatever juicy storyline it takes to teach phonics works for the Walkers!
M: “Oh! Mom. I have to tell you something!”, “You and Dad will loooove it!” “You’ll laugh.”
M: “We have these things called hunks and chunks …”
A: I interrupted with an exaggerated gasp followed by “MACY! You can’t be tellin’ people they’re chunks!” and then I sang the line from the song in Madagascar 2 “Chunky, Chunkay, chunkay …” but she cut me off with her cute little giggle ...
M: “No, there’s one I wanna’ tell you.”
A: “Okay baby, I’m listening now.”
M: “ ’E’ said, (very exaggerated lovey, gushy, mushy voice) Oh, I loooove you ‘A’! ‘A’ said absolutely nothing. So when you see ‘EA’ you say ‘E’!”
My take on this whole Hunks & Chunks thing is it’s love story between letter sound combinations. Is that what you call them? Letter sound combinations? For the love of Pete people, I don’t know! I’m just glad to see my kid’s teacher is more creative than the age old, “I before E except after C.” I guess nowadays it’s like reality TV for letter sounds! I’m in as long as the letters don’t end up with 16 & Pregnant in there anywhere!
Oh, and this is a sidebar but the two words together, Hunks & Chunks, makes me wanna’ sing this MC Hammer song. Can't you hear it? ... Hunks and a Chunk, Hunks and a Chunk we like the sounds with a Hunks and a Chunk ... Yes, I just made up my own song, don't judge.
M: “Oh! Mom. I have to tell you something!”, “You and Dad will loooove it!” “You’ll laugh.”
M: “We have these things called hunks and chunks …”
A: I interrupted with an exaggerated gasp followed by “MACY! You can’t be tellin’ people they’re chunks!” and then I sang the line from the song in Madagascar 2 “Chunky, Chunkay, chunkay …” but she cut me off with her cute little giggle ...
M: “No, there’s one I wanna’ tell you.”
A: “Okay baby, I’m listening now.”
M: “ ’E’ said, (very exaggerated lovey, gushy, mushy voice) Oh, I loooove you ‘A’! ‘A’ said absolutely nothing. So when you see ‘EA’ you say ‘E’!”
My take on this whole Hunks & Chunks thing is it’s love story between letter sound combinations. Is that what you call them? Letter sound combinations? For the love of Pete people, I don’t know! I’m just glad to see my kid’s teacher is more creative than the age old, “I before E except after C.” I guess nowadays it’s like reality TV for letter sounds! I’m in as long as the letters don’t end up with 16 & Pregnant in there anywhere!
Oh, and this is a sidebar but the two words together, Hunks & Chunks, makes me wanna’ sing this MC Hammer song. Can't you hear it? ... Hunks and a Chunk, Hunks and a Chunk we like the sounds with a Hunks and a Chunk ... Yes, I just made up my own song, don't judge.
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