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Brighten Up Your Day
With Robert Munsch
Robert Munsch books are wonderful,
predictable books that make use of repetition of words, phrases, sentences and
refrains. Many have a cumulative structure, repeated scenes, and turn-around
plots. These stories invite children to make predictions† about words,
phrases, sentences, events and characters. And best of all...they put a smile
on your face!
After predicting, reading
and rereading each book we will write "Ten Important Sentences" for each
story. These will be used for sequencing events activities, "5 W Writing", and
further investigations of story elements.
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Favorite Munsch
Books
This is by no means a
complete list. It's just the ones we enjoyed in 1st grade.
A Promise is a Promise
Aaron's Hair
Alligator Baby
Andrew's Loose Tooth
50 Below Zero
Get Out of Bed
Iím So Embarrassed
Kiss Me, Iím Perfect
Mmm, Cookies
Makeup Mess
Moira's Birthday
More Pies
Mortimer
Pigs
Purple, Green and Yellow
Ribbon Rescue
Show and Tell
Smelly Socks
Stephanie's Ponytail
The Boy in the Drawer
The Paper Bag Princess
Thomas' Snowsuit
Up, Up, Down
We Share Everything!
Zoom!
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Lesson Ideas
These are procedures that can be used
with all the books. Ideas for specific books follows.
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"Ten Important Sentences"- After reading
each book, review what happened in each book. Narrow the events into 10
sentences. Write on appropriate shaped paper cutouts or sentence strips.
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Onomatopoeia: locate and write the sound
words used in the story. Save to compare with other stories.
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Make cloze activities from exerts from the
story and place on overheads OR copy onto chart paper and use "Post-It" notes
for missing words. (i.e. Megan's father asked her to _____ the pigs on her way
to ______. He said, "Megan, please _____ the pigs, but don't ____ the gate.
Pigs are _____ than you think. Don't open the _____."
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Sentence order. Copy sentences from the
story onto sentence strips. Have the children read the sentences and rearrange
them to retell the story.
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5 W Writing- For a favorite book write the
Who, What, Where, When, Why. (i.e. Megan, let the pigs out of the gate, at the
farm, in the morning because she thought pigs weren't smart.)
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Write a readers theatre for a favorite
book. Have a class vote to determine which book was the class favorite (or 2
). Using the story structures and sentences assign roles and lines directly
from the story. Prepare, practice, present to another class, parents or grade
level.
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Book reviews. Individuals or partner teams
write a review of their favorite Robert Munsch book. In an author celebration,
these reviews are shared OR posted on the class web page.
Pigs
"Ten Important Sentences" Write on pig
cutouts for sequencing activities.†
1. Megan's father asked
her to feed the pigs.
2. Megan thought they
were the dumbest looking pigs ever.
3. Megan opened the gate.
4. Megan yelled at the
pigs and they ran out the gate.
5. The pigs went in the
house to eat breakfast with her father.
6. Megan got the pigs
back into the pig pen and went to school.
7. When she got to school
the pigs were in the principal's office.
8. She found a baby pig
and took it home.
9. Pigs were on the
school bus.
10. Megan decided that
pigs were smart after all.
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The story ends with the line, "And Megan
never let out any more animals," as she longingly looks at an elephant cage at
the zoo. Write a sequel telling about another animal that Megan let out of a
cage.
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Repeated phrases "Hey you dumb pigs!"
"dumb as lumps on a bump" Change the ending consonants to make nonsence
phrases (i.e. "dumb as zumps on a mump") or use real words to change the
meaning of the phrase (i.e. "dumb as bumps on a rump") Illustrate both.
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Pig puppet or craft
Mmm, Cookies!
"Ten Important Sentences" Write on cookie
shaped cutouts for sequencing activities.
1. Christopher saw a big
pile of clay in the corner of the basement.
2. He made a cookie out
of the clay and gave it to his mother.
3. She washed out her
mouth.
4. He made another cookie
and gave it to his father.
5. His father washed out
his mouth.
6. His parents called
Christopher's teacher and she made a cookie out of clay.
7. He took a bite and
washed out his mouth.
8. The class got to make
real cookies.
9. Christopher took his
cookie home.
10. He gave it to his
parents.
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Write directions for making cookies OR
something from clay.
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Concentrate on the sound words used in the
cookie making process.
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Make cookies.
The Paper Bag Princess
"Ten Important Sentences" Write on small
paper bags for sequencing activities.
1. Elizabeth was a
princess that was going to marry Ronald.
2. A dragon smashed her
castle and burned her clothes.
3. The only thing she
could find was a paper bag.
4. Elizabeth found the
dragon's cave and knocked on the door.
5. She tricked him into
burning up a forest that used up all of his fire.
6. She tricked him into
flying around the world and getting so tired that he fell asleep.
7. Elizabeth went into
the dragon's cave.
8. Ronald told Elizabeth
to come back when she was clean and dressed like a real princess.
9. She changed and came
back.
10. She told Ronald that
he looked good but was just a bum.
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When reading this book, paperclip the last
few pages. Before finishing, have the children write their predictions for how
this story will end. Finish reading and enjoy their excitement at the unusual
ending.
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This story is a good one for a story map.
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Make a paper bag princess. Use a small
paper bag for the body. Decorate a small paper plate for a head, add yarn for
hair. Legs and arms cn be made by tracing their own hands and feet. On the
paper bag write a description or "5 W Poem" about Princess Elizabeth.
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Alligator Baby Princess
Write "Ten Important Sentences" to
sequence major events. You really don't have to have exactly 10 events!
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When you are reading this book stop at
page 26. The last line this page 26 says, "But Kristen looked out the window
and said..." Have the children predict what she might say or what they might
do to get all the baby animals back to the zoo.
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Write a class or individual adaptation to
follow up the ending "And everything was okay...until Kristen's mother had
twins!" What could happen next time?
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Use a map and identify where alligators
live in the United States.
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Create mobiles to hang in your room with
the animals in the story.
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Read a book about real alligators and
discuss whether an alligator would be a good pet.
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Sort the baby animals into those that
would make a good pet and those that would not.
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Moria's Birthday
Party Invitation
After enjoying the story,
allow the children to design an invitation for their own DREAM PARTY! Make
sure they include the theme of the party, where and when the party will be,
whom the party is for, the time of the party, and anything else you think they
should include. Tell them to be creative and that they can use any of the
materials that you have out to design their invitation.
How about trying a
reader's theatre? Here's one to use.
Moira's Birthday Reader's Theatre
The situations and
numbers in this story can be used for addition and subtraction problem
solving.
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