Author
Study
Laura
Numeroff
I love using Laura
Numeroff's wonderful books to help teach
predication, sequencing, transitional words, and circular stories. The
formats of each story lends itself to wonderful adaptations, extensions
and jump starts some fabulous writing. As the year moves along I will
share some of our writing examples.
Laura Numeroff
c/o
Scholastic
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Broadway
New
York, NY 10012-3999
Our
Favorite Books With A Few Ideas
Dogs
Don't Wear Sneakers
Chimps Don't Wear Glasses
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
If You Give a Moose a Muffin
If You Give a Pig a Pancake
If
You Take a Mouse to the Movies
I f You Take a Mouse to
School
These
wonderful circular stories are great for
illustrating predicting
and repetition. While reading
have the students
predict what the character is going to do next. After reading, help
them recognize that the story ends where it began! Make a story circle
to sequence the events. This is a way to visually see the circular
story pattern.To make a ciecle story web simply draw a large circle on
the board or overheard projector.
Draw lines
out and away from the circle.
Numerically
label each line. I like to use 10 but you can use more or
less depending upon the number of events.
As the
story is reviewed, write the event on a line.
Text-to-Text
Comparisons: After reading If you Take a Mouse to School
and If you Take a Mouse to the Movies compare similarities and
differences between the two stories. Venn diagrams are a great tool for
visually showing similarities and differences between the two stories.
You may want to cook or share a
related snack after
each book. Some examples might be:
the
Mouse--mouse shaped sugar cookie.
the
Moose--muffins
the
Pig--pancakes
the
Movies-popcorn
the
School-chocolate chip cookies
Book Sequels- After all the stories
are read, make a
class book or individual stories using a story cloze. "If you Give a
_____ a ______." OR "If You Take a ______ to the ______." Brainstorm
possibilities to get their minds in gear; list on a chart for easy
reference for those students who need the extra assistance.
Here's
a couple of mouse crafts to use.
Paper
Bag Mouse
Mouse
Finger Puppet
The
Chicken Sisters
This book
is a twist to The Three Little Pigs. Your class will love how the
chicken sisters take care of the wolf. Use it as a text-to-text lesson,
comparing the two stories.
Here's
a couple of crafts to use as follow-up center activities or to
retell the story:
Chick Hand
Print Craft
Wolf
Paper Bag Puppet
What Mommies Do Best
What Daddies Do Best
How about using these stories to
design a class book about parents. Children have some wonderful ideas
about why their Moms and Dads are the best.
TRIPLES with EMMA
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